| Name: | SARPEDON | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 28/07/1877 | 
| Completed: | 1877 | 
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co | 
| Yard: | Hebburn | 
| Yard Number: | 180 | 
| Dimensions: | 2036grt, 1592nrt, 310.0 x 34.2 x 25.3ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 58 x 45ins), 250nhp | 
| Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 76533 | 
| History: | |
| 1877 | Ocean Steam Ship Co, Liverpool | 
| 1891 | NV Nederlandsche Stoomv Mij "Oceaan", Amsterdam | 
| 1894 | Gomei Kaisha Umuera Tasaka Kwaisoten, Tokyo | 
| 1894 | Renamed TAMAHIME MARU | 
| 04/10/1896 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 04/10/1896: Wrecked at Naoyetsu on the west coast of Japan |