| Name: | SAMSON |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1857 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 82grt, 36nrt, 81.8 x 18.3 x 9.5ft; (1885: 86grt, 52nrt, 81.5 x 18.3 x 8.8ft); |
| (1903: 126grt, 77nrt, 103.2 x 19.0 x 8.9ft) | |
| Engines: | 40nhp; (by 1885: 1cyl (16.5 x 18ins), 9rhp) |
| Engines By: | (1885: Stothert & Co, Bristol) |
| Propulsion: | Paddle; (1885: 1 x Screw) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 19290 |
| History: | |
| 1857 | John Symers et al; registered at Dundee |
| 1859 | Alexander Edwards, Dundee |
| 1870 | Governor & Company of the Copper Mines in England; registered at London |
| by 1879 | James Shaw, Taibach, Glamorganshire |
| by 1885 | George Nurse, Bristol |
| 1885 | William A Osborn, Bristol; registered at Bristol; renamed CLIFTON |
| 1903 | Osborn & Wallis, Bristol |
| 1930 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1885: Converted to a single screw cargo ship |
| 1903: Lengthened to 103.2ft |