| Name: | LUCIFER |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 10/08/1899 |
| Completed: | 09/1899 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 246 |
| Dimensions: | 3823grt, 2473nrt, 344.4 x 47.1 x 20.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 310hp |
| Engines by: | T Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 110609 |
| History: | |
| 15/09/1899 | Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
| 16/04/1907 | Sank |
| Comments: | Cost when new £54,000 |
| 16/04/1907: Abandoned in a sinking condition about 740 miles west of New York | |
| Due to a combination of storms, engine failure, leaks & finally stuctural failures | |
| On a voyage from New York to Dublin with a cargo of petrol |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 11/08/1899