| Name: | MINERVA |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1843 |
| Completed: | 1843 |
| Builder: | |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 254nrt, 96.0 x 25.0 x 15.8ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 143 |
| History: | |
| 1843 | Unknown owner |
| 30/03/1853 | Unknown owner; registered at Banff |
| 15/07/1856 | John Elliott, Newcastle |
| 22/09/1857 | John Elliott & John Dance, Newcastle |
| 03/05/1858 | Thomas Phillips, William Pickersgill & John Miller, Sunderland |
| 02/06/1859 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/06/1859: Foundered 960 miles SW of Monrovia |