| Name: | SPORTSMAN |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/04/1881 |
| Completed: | 05/1881 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 436 |
| Dimensions: | 1953grt, 1281nrt, 281.0 x 36.2 x 23.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 64 x 42ins), 196nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79250 |
| History: | |
| 17/05/1881 | William J Jobling, North Shields |
| 1894 | J Morrison & Son, North Shields |
| 1899 | Sportsman Steamship Co Ltd (J Morrison & Son), North Shields |
| 1901 | Clydebank Steamship Co Ltd (Robertson, Mackie & Co), Glasgow |
| 1903 | Renamed NETHERBY |
| 1906 | OA Brodin, Sweden |
| 1907 | Unknown owners, Russia; renamed MIKHAIL |
| 1908 | No later history known |
| Comments: | 02/08/1905: Damaged by fire at St Petersburg and sold |
| 1908: Deleted from the Russian register |
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 18/04/1881