| Name: | BUFFALO |
| Launched: | 08/10/1883 |
| Completed: | 12/1883 |
| Builder: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | 379 |
| Dimensions: | 107grt, 34nrt, 101.0 x 17.8 x 8.9ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl (24 & 24 x 46ins), 60nhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 90131 |
| History: | |
| 28/02/1884 | Buffalo Boating Co Lrd; registered at East London |
| 1886 | Kaffrarian Steam Landing, Shipping & Forwarding Co Ltd, East London |
| 1891 | Government of Portugal, Beira |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 15/12/1883: Sailed from the Tyne for East London |
| 24/12/1883: Sailed from Lisbon | |
| 10/01/1884: Sailed from Sierra Leone | |
| 22/01/1884: Sailed from St Helena | |
| 05/02/1884: Arrived at Cape Town | |
| Reported to be a quick passage for a vessel of her size |