| Name: | PLATO |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/12/1877 |
| Completed: | 02/1878 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 184 |
| Dimensions: | 1684grt, 1084nrt, 290.0 x 33.3 x 24.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 58 x 42ins), 170nhp |
| Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 78756 |
| History: | |
| 13/02/1878 | Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co (Lamport & Holt), Liverpool |
| 01/03/1892 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/02/1892: Propeller shaft broke 160 miles SW of Scilly |
| 01/03/1892: Abandoned and then she sank almost immediately | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Brazil carrying general cargo |