| Name: | T E FORSTER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/01/1866 |
| Completed: | 02/1866 |
| Builder: | T & W Smith, Limekilns Shore |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 30 |
| Dimensions: | 694grt, 536nrt, 198.3 x 28.4 x 15.8ft); (1873: 810grt, 522nrt, 218.4 x 28.3 x 16.0ft) |
| Engines: | 2cyl; (1873: CI2cyl (25 & 49 x 30ins), 90nhp) |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1337; (1873: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle - No 1558) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 51386 |
| History: | |
| 23/02/1866 | James Southern & Co, Newcastle |
| 1873 | JO Scott, Newcastle |
| by 1904 | Scott Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| by 1907 | Thomas Pallister & William S Blues, Newcastle |
| 08/02/1907 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1873: Lengthened & deepened to 218.4 & 16.0ft |
| 08/02/1907: Sank after a collision with JM SMITH off Gravesend | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal | |
| 14/02/1907: Raised by Thames Conservancy lighters | |
| 24/07/1907: Towed by ABEILLE to Dunkirk for breaking up |
Shields Daily News, Friday, 05/01/1866
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Thursday, 21/03/1907