| Name: | READING | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 03/10/1883 | 
| Completed: | 11/1883 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 511 | 
| Dimensions: | 2043grt, 1297nrt, 286.0 x 36.2 x 22.4ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 64 x 42ins), 243nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 89161 | 
| History: | |
| 15/11/1883 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff | 
| 1895 | Reading Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons) | 
| 05/11/1913 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 05/11/1913: Wrecked on South Rock, Cloughey, Co Down | 
| On a voyage from Seville to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore |