| Name: | LORD NELSON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/09/1878 |
| Completed: | 11/1878 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 38 |
| Dimensions: | 1780grt, 1143nrt, 270.2 x 34.2 x 24.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 40ins), 200nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 76249 |
| History: | |
| 02/11/1878 | Charles Tully, Newcastle |
| 23/10/1882 | Missing |
| Comments: | 23/10/1882: Passed Gibraltar and subsequently posted missing |
| On a voyage from Odessa to Antwerp with a cargo of wheat |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 30/09/1878