| Name: | ROBERT BROWN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 05/06/1879 |
| Completed: | 07/1879 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 150 |
| Dimensions: | 1335grt, 868nrt, 235.7 x 33.1 x 19.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 52 x 36ins), 125nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79220 |
| History: | |
| 05/07/1879 | WDC Balls & Co, North Shields |
| 10/01/1896 | Sank |
| Comments: | 10/01/1896: Sank after a collision with MARPESSA off Dungeness |
| On a voyage from Bilbao to Calais with ore |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 06/06/1879