| Name: | HELLESPONT |
| Launched: | 1867 |
| Completed: | 10/1867 |
| Builder: | Readhead, Softley & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 22 |
| Dimensions: | 137grt, 72nrt, 115.1 x 19.8 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl, 60nhp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron frame & wooden planking |
| Reg Number: | 58696 |
| History: | |
| 07/10/1867 | Richard Grech & James Wardell; registered at South Shields |
| 1867 | Richard Grech & James Wardell, Dardanelles |
| 20/04/1878 | Admiralty |
| 12/12/1904 | Sold |
| Comments: | Probably engined by the shipbuilder |
| 12/12/1904: Probably sold for breaking up |

Shown alongside HMS AUSTRALIA at Malta in 1890. Photo is courtesy of John Ward-McQuaid