| Name: | POLAM |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/11/1873 |
| Completed: | 01/1874 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 149 |
| Dimensions: | 1101grt, 702nrt, 234.0 x 28.7 x 19.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 50 x 36ins), 90nhp |
| Engines by: | Maudsley, Sons & Field, London |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 67390 |
| History: | |
| 14/01/1874 | Edward J Hough & Co, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
| 1874 | Edward J Hough & Co, Grimsby; registered at Grimsby |
| 04/11/1884 | Sank |
| Comments: | 04/11/1884: Sank after a collision with CLAUDIA, 110 miles south of Lisbon |
| On a voyage from Newcastle to Genoa with a cargo of coal |

Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/01/1886