| Name: | MERI |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1877 |
| Builder: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 101grt, 39nrt, 97.4 x 18.1 x 9.4ft |
| Engines: | 1cyl (36.5 x 51ins), 72nhp |
| Engines by: | TR Scott & Co, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1877 | Unknown owner |
| by 1881 | D Ratner, Odessa |
| 1920 | Soviet Government; renamed T-259 |
| 1922 | Lost |
| Comments: | Year of build is very suspect |
| May refer to year of purchase from Ottoman Empire or Danube owner | |
| 1893: New boiler | |
| 1915: Hired by Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea fleet as a minesweeper - T-259 | |
| 1918 - 1920: Served with both Red & White armies during the civil war | |
| 11/1920: Abandoned by White Russian army in Crimea | |
| 1921: Repaired & returned to service as tug T-259 | |
| 1922: Lost in the Black Sea with all crew |