| Name: | ROSS | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 28/06/1881 | 
| Completed: | 08/1881 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 453 | 
| Dimensions: | 1356grt, 877nrt, 240.0 x 33.2 x 18.2ft | 
| Engines: | IC2cyl (28 & 54 x 36ins), 99nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 84657 | 
| History: | |
| 04/08/1881 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff | 
| 1897 | Ross Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons Ltd), Cardiff | 
| 14/11/1906 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 14/11/1906: Wrecked on the North Bishops rocks | 
| On a voyage from Ayr to Newport in ballast | 

Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 29/06/1881