| Name: | SPERO |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/05/1878 |
| Completed: | 06/1878 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 362 |
| Dimensions: | 871grt, 554nrt, 212.0 x 29.2 x 16.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 51 x 33ins), 100nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 76232 |
| History: | |
| 18/06/1878 | RB Fenwick & J Reay, Newcastle |
| 1898 | Pelton SS Co Ltd (RS Gardiner & J Reay), Newcastle |
| 11/08/1899 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/08/1899: Sank after a collision with MAGGIE off Scarborough |
| On a voyage from London to the Tyne in ballast |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 17/05/1878