| Name: | STAR |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 1840 |
| Completed: | 09/05/1840 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 61grt, 33nrt, 75.9 x 14.3 x 6.3ft |
| Engines: | Steam |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 28/05/1840 | Port of Tyne Improved Steam Navigation Co, Newcastle |
| 15/09/1841 | R Musgrave, Cork; registered at Cork |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Often cited as the first iron ship built on the Tyne |
| Passenger steamer for service between Newcastle & North Shields | |
| 11/01/1886: Register closed as "Existance in doubt" |