| Name: | LA PLATA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/11/1865 |
| Completed: | 09/05/1866 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 167 |
| Dimensions: | 1394grt, 948nrt, 251.0 x 32.1 x 21.4ft; (1875: 1779grt, 1153nrt, 298.3 x 32.1 x 21.5ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (14 & 14 x 36ins), 250hp; (1875: C4cyl (26, 26 & 48, 48 x 26ins),250hp) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1875: Bailey & Leetham, Hull) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 49739 |
| History: | |
| 09/05/1866 | Malcolmson Brothers, Portlaw, Co Waterford; registered at Waterford |
| 11/1867 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 11/1867 | Registered at Liverpool |
| 04/1869 | JF Smith & HE Fry, London |
| 09/1869 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co, Liverpool |
| 11/05/1874 | William Bailey & William Leetham, Hull; registered at Hull |
| 01/1875 | William Bailey, Sarah Leetham & HC Gleadhow, Hull |
| 26/04/1875 | Re-registered at Hull |
| 08/1875 | William Bailey, Hull |
| 08/1875 | Empreza Luzitana (Bailey & Co), Lisbon |
| 08/1881 | William Bailey, Hull |
| 10/1883 | Walter S Bailey, AK Rollit & William Goddard, Hull |
| 02/07/1886 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1875: Converted to C4cyl by Bailey & Leetham, Hull |
| 1875: Lengthened to 298.3ft | |
| 02/07/1886: Wrecked off Hantsholm, Denmark | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Reval with a cargo of coal & bricks |