| Name: | NAPIER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/03/1881 |
| Completed: | 05/1881 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 31 |
| Dimensions: | 1927grt, 1258nrt, 280.3 x 36.1 x 22.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 187nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84851 |
| History: | |
| 18/05/1881 | James Wait, North Shields |
| 1898 | Matteo Katticich, Ragusa - Dubrovnik; renamed BALKAN D |
| 1900 | Soc Navigazione e Vapore Drustvo Balkan (M Katicic), Ragusa – Dubrovnik |
| 1903 | Balkan D Steamship Co Ltd (S Mandolfo), Ragusa – Dubrovnik |
| 1907 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 24/05/1907: Stranded on Marmi Shoal near Orsera with a cargo of ore |
| Subsequently refloated and then sold for breaking up | |
| 1907: Broken up |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 01/04/1881