| Name: | VERDI | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 26/09/1879 | 
| Completed: | 11/1879 | 
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co | 
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | 153 | 
| Dimensions: | 753grt, 479nrt, 205.2 x 29.9 x 15.0ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (25 & 48 x 33ins), 95nhp | 
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 81968 | 
| History: | |
| 22/11/1879 | John Wilson, North Shields; registered at South Shields | 
| 1881 | Stephens, Mawson & Goss, Newport | 
| 16/12/1881 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 16/12/1881: Wrecked at Dunraven Cliff, 10 miles east of Porthcawl | 
| On a voyage from Bilbao to Newport with a cargo of iron ore |