| Name: | UNITED SERVICE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 01/02/1862 |
| Completed: | 18/03/1862 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 6 |
| Dimensions: | 583grt, 472nrt, 874dwt, 190.4 x 27.3 x 16.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (34 & 34 x 26ins), 70nhp |
| Engines by: | J Thompson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.5knots (trials) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 44458 |
| History: | |
| 14/03/1862 | W Gray, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland |
| 1863 | China Merchants Steam Navigation Co Ltd |
| 28/11/1864 | Charles H Wilson & David Wilson, Hull; registered at Hull |
| 12/12/1866 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/12/1866: Foundered in the Baltic, all 20 crew lost |
| On a voyage from Stettin to Hull |
Newcastle Journal, Tuesday, 04/02/1862