| Name: | VIOLA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/10/1879 |
| Completed: | 11/1879 |
| Builder: | Tyne lron Shipbuilding Co |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 20 |
| Dimensions: | 1963grt, 1270nrt, 280.0 x 35.0 x 24.7ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (33 & 63 x 39ins), 180hp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79226 |
| History: | |
| 27/11/1879 | Joseph Robinson & Co, North Shields |
| 04/09/1895 | Transferred to Stag Line Ltd |
| 1900 | Montauk Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Coupland & Co, managers), Newcastle |
| 19/09/1903 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1879: Cost £28,000 |
| 19/09/1903: Wrecked in thick fog 7 miles S of Kettleness Point, near Whitby | |
| On a voyage from Carthagena to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore | |
| Two weeks later the vessel broke in half |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Jarrow Express, Friday, 17/10/1879