| Name: | BRITISH HERO |
| Launched: | 1848 |
| Completed: | 1848 |
| Builder: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 79grt, 23nrt, 80.7 x 16.0 x 9.0ft; (1859: 75grt, 12nrt, 84.6 x 17.8 x 9.2ft) |
| Engines: | 40nhp; (1859: 45nhp) |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 10175 |
| History: | |
| 09/10/1848 | J Hall, North Shields; registered at Shields |
| 27/10/1849 | A Strong, North Shields |
| 16/01/1854 | Messrs Barker, North Shields |
| 09/09/1858 | William Teall, Hull; registered at Hull |
| 16/07/1860 | Robert Teall, Hull |
| 30/07/1875 | South Yorkshire Railway & River Dun Co, Doncaster |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1889: Converted into a lighter |
| SYR became part of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Co in 1874 |