| Name: | MEERSCHAUM |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 1873 |
| Completed: | 04/1873 |
| Builder: | Edward Lindsay |
| Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 406grt, 255nrt, 153.5 x 23.5 x 14.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (18.5 & 36 x 24ins), 53nhp |
| Engines by: | Bowden Bros, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 67345 |
| History: | |
| 1873 | Herbert Francis Wilcox, Sunderland; registered at London |
| 1878 | Gutschmidt Bros; renamed VINDAU |
| by 1899 | Max Reincke, Windau, Russia |
| 1927 | Soc Indust de la Grande Peche, Port Etienne, Mauritania |
| 1927 | Renamed GOUVERNEUR GENERAL CARDE |
| 09/01/1937 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1878: Also seen as WINDAU |
| 09/01/1937: Foundered at Port Etienne |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 04/04/1873