| Name: | MERCIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/10/1883 |
| Completed: | 1883 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 136 |
| Dimensions: | 1545grt, 1004nrt, 248.6 x 34.7 x 20.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 56 x 42ins), 169nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 88750 |
| History: | |
| 1883 | ACA Holzapfel, Newcastle |
| 1886 | Adriatic SS Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1893 | Giov Batta Sturlese, Genoa; renamed GIOVANNA |
| 1914 | G Miceli & Co, Palermo |
| 1922 | Soc Italiana di Armamento e Navigazione, Rome; renamed IRIDE |
| 1923 | Soc di Navigazione Asteria, Genoa; renamed ASTARTE |
| 1928 | Francesco Scotto d’Aniello fu Luigi, Naples |
| Q1/1934 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Q1/1934: Broken up |
Marine Engineer, November 1883