| Name: | PRIMUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/10/1881 |
| Completed: | 04/1882 |
| Builder: | Edward Lindsay & Co |
| Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 100grt, 47nrt, 84.0 x 19.4 x 8.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (11 & 20 x 16ins), 17nhp |
| Engines by: | G Paulin & Sons, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 85003 |
| History: | |
| 21/04/1882 | Sunderland Keel Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| 31/05/1882 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 31/05/1882: Wrecked near Kyleakin, Skye |
| On a voyage from Dundee to Liverpool with a cargo of burnt ore | |
| Subsequently refloated & taken to Greenock | |
| 1882 LR marked as "Lost", maybe a constructive total loss |
Greenock Telegraph, Tuesday, 20/06/1882