| Name: | NAUTILUS | 
| Type: | Sailing vessel | 
| Launched: | 1796 | 
| Completed: | 07/1796 | 
| Builder: | Nicholson, Horn & Blenkinsop | 
| Yard: | South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 204tonsb, 86.6 x 23.9 x ?ft | 
| Engines: | None | 
| Engines by: | n/a | 
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brigantine; (Later: Snow) | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 26/07/1796 | Thomas Nicholson & Thomas Horn, Sunderland and John Blenkinsop, South Shields | 
| 1799 | Registered at London | 
| 17/08/1820 | Joseph Robson, South Shields; registered at Newcastle | 
| 11/05/1840 | Ralph Hart, South Shields | 
| 13/05/1840 | J Dickinson & W Todd, Jarrow; JG Reay, ED Thompson, R Hart & J Agar, South Shields | 
| 13/10/1840 | J Dickinson & W Todd, Jarrow; JG Reay, R Hart & J Agar, South Shields | 
| 10/07/1843 | John George Reay, Ralph Hart & Joseph Agar, South Shields | 
| 01/05/1847 | John George Reay & Ralph Hart, South Shields | 
| 02/03/1849 | Lost | 
| Comments: | 02/03/1849: Lost off Heligoland |