| Name: | MELISSA |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 27/09/1847 |
| Completed: | 06/10/1847 |
| Builder: | Thomas Wallis |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 178nrt, 79.0 x 21.0 x 13.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brig |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 20/10/1847 | William Goodwin, John Pratt & John Chamberlain, Wivenhoe; registered at Colchester |
| 08/11/1849 | Sank |
| Comments: | 08/11/1849: Foundered off Scarborough after a collision with EDWARD |
| On a voyage from Shields to Barking Creek with a cargo of coal |
Morning Post, Monday, 19/11/1849