| Name: | VESTA | 
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 04/02/1837 | 
| Completed: | 17/04/1837 | 
| Builder: | A & R Hopper & Co | 
| Yard: | North Shore, Newcastle | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 288grt, 161nrt, 131.0 x 19.2 x 12.7ft | 
| Engines: | 2cyl, 150hp | 
| Engines by: | Tod & McGregor, Glasgow | 
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 28/04/1837 | Newcastle Steam Navigation Co; registered at Newcastle | 
| 23/09/1850 | G Gray, Newcastle | 
| 13/11/1851 | John Smith, Sunderland | 
| 16/11/1851 | Sank | 
| Comments: | Accommodation for 50 x passengers | 
| 16/11/1851: Foundered off the mouth of the Humber | |
| On a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg | 

Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 13/05/1837

Newcastle Courant, Friday, 21/11/1851