| Name: | MEATH |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/05/1879 |
| Completed: | 07/1879 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 389 |
| Dimensions: | 2047grt, 1337nrt, 280.0 x 35.3 x 24.5ft; (1889: 2294grt, 1482nrt, 316.0 x 35.3 x 24.5ft) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 64 x 42ins), 200nhp; |
| (1889: Q4cyl (13.75, 23.5, 33 & 64.25 x 42ins), 250nhp); | |
| (1897: T3cyl (20, 33 & 64.25 x 42ins), 293nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; |
| (1889: W Allan & Co, Sunderland); | |
| (1897: G Clark Ltd, Sunderland) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81457 |
| History: | |
| 25/07/1879 | Ralph M Hudson, Sunderland |
| 1886 | Ralph M Hudson & Son, Sunderland |
| 1902 | Noel Dubisson, Dunkerque; renamed RENÉ |
| 25/09/1903 | Abandoned |
| Comments: | 1889: Lengthened to 316.0ft, then 2294grt |
| 1889: Engine quadrupled | |
| 1997: Engine reduced to a triple expansion | |
| 25/09/1903: Abandoned 150 miles NWxN of Ferrol in the Bay of Biscay | |
| On a voyage from Rouen to Oran carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 27/05/1879