| Name: | MARPESSA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/05/1889 |
| Completed: | 08/1889 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 619 |
| Dimensions: | 1671grt, 1072nrt, 260.5 x 37.2 x 16.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (21, 34 & 57 x 39ins), 218nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 96628 |
| History: | |
| 24/08/1889 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
| 1897 | R Grandidige, Chester |
| 1897 | CA Ewing (Fletcher, Woodhill & Co), Chester |
| 1899 | CA Ewing, Chester |
| 1901 | Managers became Voigt & Maguire |
| 1905 | CA Ewing & Co, Chester |
| 1905 | CA Ewing (G Jamieson & Co) |
| 1911 | P Danneberg, Riga; renamed BIRUTA |
| 1918 | The Shipping Controller (Temple, Thomson & Clark), London |
| 06/08/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | 06/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by unknown boat, 8 miles NWxW of Calais |
| On a voyage from Calais to Barry in ballast |