| Name: | OCTAVIA | 
| Type: | Sailing Vessel | 
| Launched: | 19/09/1853 | 
| Completed: | 10/1853 | 
| Builder: | Andrew McLeod | 
| Yard: | South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 914nrt, 164.7 x 30.9 x 22.3ft | 
| Engines: | None | 
| Engines by: | n/a | 
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1874: Barque) | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | 14726 | 
| History: | |
| 31/10/1853 | Middle Dock Co, South Shields; registered at Newcastle | 
| 05/06/1854 | Duncan Dunbar, London | 
| 23/12/1854 | Registered at London | 
| 04/1862 | Stuart & Co, London | 
| 20/10/1874 | William Wright, Westoe; registered at South Shields | 
| 13/07/1879 | William Cay & Partners, South Shields | 
| 09/08/1888 | James Graham, Newcastle | 
| 03/07/1891 | Abandoned | 
| Comments: | Andrew McLeod traded as the Middle Dock Co | 
| 06/04/1862: Duncan Dunbar died | |
| 04/1862: Cost £8,950 | |
| 03/07/1891: Abandoned 400 miles W of Land's End | |
| On a voyage from Quebec towards the Tyne | 

North & South Shields Gazette, Friday, 23/09/1853