| Name: | GREAT EMPEROR |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 06/1866 |
| Builder: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 4 |
| Dimensions: | 82grt, 13nrt, 89.6 x 17.6 x 9.3ft; (1889: 11nrt) |
| Engines: | L1cyl (32.25 x 48ins), 35nhp |
| Engines By: | Readhead Softley & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 56102 |
| History: | |
| 06/1866 | J Dawson, South Shields; registered at South Shields |
| 1869 | TA Dry & J Lawson et al |
| 1870 | TA Dry & RW Atkinson, South Shields |
| 1871 | Registered at South Shields |
| 1877 | TA Dry, RW Atkinson & J Winlo, South Shields |
| 07/1889 | John Dry, South Shields; registered at South Shields |
| 10/1895 | Robert Hedley, Jarrow |
| 09/1902 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/1902: Foundered off Port Mulgrave, due to |
| hull damage caused by engine failure. | |
| On a voyage from Jarrow to Port Mulgrave |