| Name: | SAMUEL LAING |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/11/1854 |
| Completed: | 01/1855 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 21 |
| Dimensions: | 545grt, 438nrt, 164.8 x 26.6 x 15.8ft; (1859: 606grt, 472nrt, length 190.2ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl; (1875: C2cyl (21 & 42 x 30ins), 70hp) |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1875: J Stewart, London) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 934 |
| History: | |
| 02/01/1855 | H Taylor, Wm Cory & J Fenwick, London |
| 1869 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
| 16/12/1896 | William Cory & Son Ltd, London |
| 26/02/1901 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1859: Lengthened to 190.2ft |
| 1875: Re-engined by J Stewart | |
| 26/02/1901: Sank off Newarp Light Vessel after a collision with CHAMOIS | |
| On a voyage from Northfleet to Hartlepool with a cargo of chalk |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 04/03/1901