| Name: | WYVERN | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 05/11/1864 | 
| Completed: | 1865 | 
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 165 | 
| Dimensions: | 755grt, 587nrt, 203.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft; (1871: 952grt, 604nrt, 236.0ft) | 
| Engines: | 2cyl, 98hp; (1875: CI2cyl (25 & 48 x 30ins), 90hp | 
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1875: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow) | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 49645 | 
| History: | |
| 15/12/1864 | Christopher Hutchinson, Whitburn; John McIntyre, Jarrow and | 
| William Cleland, Willington Quay & William Tone, Sunderland | |
| 15/03/1870 | Christopher Hutchinson, John McIntyre & Peter Allan, Newcastle | 
| 28/09/1882 | Jackson Powley & Edward Franklin, Cardiff | 
| 1883 | Renamed BRIGHOUSE | 
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1871: Lengthened to 236.0ft | 
| 1875: Engine compounded | |
| 1883: Listed in MNL but not in 1885 |