| Name: | ROWLAND |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/05/1878 |
| Completed: | 06/1878 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 9 |
| Dimensions: | 1427grt, 919nrt, 258.0 x 32.0 x 21.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 55 x 36ins), 140nhp |
| Engines by: | J Dickinson & Sons, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 76233 |
| History: | |
| 20/06/1878 | Stephens & Mawson, Newcastle |
| 1888 | Red “R” Steam Ship Co Ltd (Stephens & Mawson), Newcastle |
| 1899 | Soc Anon du SS Hélène Grisar (A Grisar), Antwerp |
| 1899 | Renamed HÉLÈNE GRISAR |
| 1901 | Deutsch-Austral. Dampfs Ges, Hamburg; renamed SHAMROCK |
| 1902 | Stevedoring & Shipping Co Ltd, Sydney |
| 31/03/1903 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 31/03/1903: Wrecked in Catherine Hill Bay, NSW, Australia |
| On a voyage from Catherine Hill Bay to Adelaide with a cargo of coal |
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 18/05/1878