| Name: | SAMSON |
| Launched: | 1840 |
| Completed: | 25/06/1840 |
| Builder: | Mark Melvill, Coble Dene, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 68grt, 22nrt, 70.9 x 15.3 x 8.7ft; (1858: 61grt, 15nrt, 71.9 x 17.0 x 8.7ft) |
| Engines: | L1cyl, 32nhp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 13537 |
| History: | |
| 29/08/1840 | William & Andrew Cowie, Alexander Ross, Peter & James Wilkie et al, Grangemouth |
| 29/08/1840 | Registered at Grangemouth |
| 11/02/1850 | Andrew Cowie, James Robertson, John Hutton et al, Grangemouth |
| 03/12/1853 | A Cowie & T Morrison et al, Grangemouth |
| 13/05/1856 | J Park, Grangemouth |
| 10/08/1857 | J Park, Grangemouth and R Lang & D Hall, Glasgow |
| 22/01/1858 | Registered at Glasgow |
| 25/01/1858 | J Park, Greenock & R Lang, Glasgow |
| 19/01/1859 | J Park, Greenock & J McQuat, Glasgow |
| 14/02/1859 | R Lang, Glasgow |
| 08/06/1859 | J Muir, Glasgow |
| 03/08/1859 | J Lynass, Glasgow |
| 15/10/1859 | William Liddell & John Anderson, Glasgow |
| 24/11/1862 | Registered at Greenock |
| 24/11/1862 | W Liddell & J Anderson, Glasgow and J Park, Greenock |
| 31/12/1864 | W Liddell & J Anderson, Glasgow; J Park, Greenock & H Heys, Renfrewshire |
| 04/12/1865 | United Steam Towing & Navigation Co, Port Glasgow |
| 20/06/1870 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1840: A Cowie et al may have been trading as Grangemouth, Forth Steam Towing Co |
| 20/06/1870: Broken up at North Shields | |
| 26/07/1870: Register closed | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above information |