| Name: | REGULUS |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/10/1878 |
| Completed: | 12/1878 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 13 |
| Dimensions: | 1419grt, 859nrt, 258.0 x 32.0 x 19.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 55 x 36ins), 157nhp |
| Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 80531 |
| History: | |
| 17/12/1878 | Stephens & Mawson, Newcastle |
| 1888 | Red “R” Steam Ship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle |
| 1897 | Regulus Steamship Co Ltd (Harvey & Co), St John’s, Newfoundland |
| 23/10/1910 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 23/10/1910: Wrecked 12 miles from St John’s |
| On a voyage from Wabana to Sydney CB in ballast |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 28/10/1878