Despatch LH
| Built | 1862 Barclay Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow (Iron) |
| Yard No | 95 |
| Owner at New | Robert Barclay / John Inkster & Alexander Blackwood, Leith Edinburgh (Leith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Co) |
| ID no | 44953 |
| Launch Date | 05.1862 |
| Completed | 06.1862 |
| Gross Tons | 63 |
| Nett Tons | 20 |
| Engine | 30 hp Side Lever L.1-cyl by Barclay Curle & Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| Length | 76.3ft |
| Breadth | 15.6ft |
| Depth | 7.3ft |
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| 06.1862 | Registered at Leith |
| Pre1875 | Owned by Thomas Buchanan / Alexander Blackwood & Donald Currie, Leith Edinburgh. (Donald Currie owner/manager) |
| 09.10.1876 | Advertised for sale by private bargain in the Scotsman (passenger certificate included). |
| 1876 | Owned by Henry Burrel & Hans Fischer, Grangemouth. |
| 1879 | Owned by James Henry Ward Culleford & Others , Sunderland (Joseph Siddell,manager) |
| 19.11.1879 | Sunk by S.S. "J.M. Lennard" (400g/1875) while trawling off Seaham. One man drowned (Dixon). Skipper Benjamin Swinhoe and five other crewmen rescued by "J.M. Lennard". At the subsequent Board of Trade inquiry the First mate of the "J.M. Lennard" was found to be negligent and his certificate was suspended for 6 months. |