| Name: | SAMSON |
| Launched: | 1839 |
| Completed: | 03/05/1839 |
| Builder: | John Stephenson, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 55grt, 19nrt, 65.3 x 14.0 x 8.1ft; (1857: 50grt, 1nrt, 67.1 x 16.1 x 8.2ft) |
| Engines: | 1cyl (25 x ?ins), 30nhp; (1861: n/a) |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle; (1861: None) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 17945 |
| History: | |
| 30/05/1839 | Mark Melvill, North Shields; registered at Newcastle |
| 22/06/1839 | James Harrison, Wisbech |
| 12/11/1839 | Wisbech Steam Towing Co ( James Harrison, mgr); registered at Wisbech |
| by 1848 | John Stoneham Buckley became manager |
| 05/1850 | John Marshall, Tydd |
| 24/10/1851 | James Swallow, Whitby; registered at Whitby |
| 21/04/1855 | J Lawrence, J Gordon & A Hepburn et al, Inverness; registered at Inverness |
| 21/04/1857 | James Gordon, Inverness |
| 21/06/1858 | Thomas Reay, St Anthony's, Newcastle |
| 31/07/1858 | Registered at Newcastle |
| 26/09/1861 | W Whitfield, E Trotter & R Tait, Gateshead |
| 01/10/1862 | W Whitfield, E Trotter & R Tait, Gateshead and H Hardaugh, Newcastle |
| 1863 | W Whitfield, E Trotter & R Tait, Gateshead and J Davidson, Newcastle |
| 30/10/1863 | W Whitfield, E Trotter & R Tait, Gateshead |
| 15/07/1865 | Lost |
| Comments: | 05/1850: Cost at auction £320 |
| 1861: Engine removed (50grt, 50nrt) | |
| 15/07/1865: Lost on the bar at Tynemouth | |
| 14/06/1867: British registry closed | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |