| Name: | ROSSLYN | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 04/05/1878 | 
| Completed: | 05/1878 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 369 | 
| Dimensions: | 846grt, 545nrt, 220.0 x 30.2 x 15.5ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 52 x 33ins), 99nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 77218 | 
| History: | |
| 31/05/1878 | J Cory, Cardiff | 
| 1886 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff | 
| 1899 | J Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | 
| 1899 | G Vallée, Rouen; renamed MERCURE | 
| 04/02/1900 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 04/02/1900: Wrecked on the south end of Alderney | 
| On a voyage from Swansea to Rouen with a cargo of coal | 

Jarrow Express, Friday, 10/05/1878

Hampshire Advertiser, Wednesday, 07/02/1900