| Name: | ALBATROSS |
| Launched: | 04/04/1878 |
| Completed: | 05/1878 |
| Builder: | John Softley & Sons, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 139grt, 71nrt, 141.0 x 19.1 x 7.8ft; (1887: 157grt, 53nrt) |
| Engines: | SL1cyl (40.25 x 54ins), 64nhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 78609 |
| History: | |
| 27/05/1878 | John Steel, Glasgow & Kenneth McCaskill, Greenock; registered at Glasgow |
| 1892 | John Steel & David Bennie, Glasgow |
| 1903 | Steel & Bennie Ltd, Glasgow |
| 1911 | Broken up |
| Comments: |

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Derry Journal, Wednesday, 17/04/1878