| Name: | MERCURY |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/02/1864 |
| Completed: | 1864 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 149 |
| Dimensions: | 727grt, 562nrt, 200.3 x 28.1 x 16.9ft; (1870: 887grt, 555nrt, 230.3ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90nhp; (1869: CI4cyl (21, 21, 38 & 38 x 30ins), 120hp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1214; (1869: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 47779 |
| History: | |
| 26/03/1864 | CM Palmer & Co, Newcastle |
| 1868 | James Hall et al, Newcastle |
| 1877 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1869: Engine compounded |
| 1870: Lengthened to 230.3ft | |
| LR1878 has ship details overstamped with "Foundered" |