| Name: | THISTLE |
| Launched: | 09/08/1888 |
| Completed: | 1888 |
| Builder: | J & PC Winlo, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 16 |
| Dimensions: | 19grt, 0nrt, 52.0 x 12.8 x 6.8ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 28hp |
| Engines By: | Hepple & Co, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 95161 |
| History: | |
| 25/08/1888 | Glamorgan Coal Co Ltd, Cardiff; registered at Cardiff |
| 25/07/1893 | Albert A Hill, Constantinople |
| 1894 | Unknown owner, Turkey |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Thought to be for towing duties on the Danube |
| Glamorgan Coal Co had bases at both Constantinople & Odessa | |
| 10/09/1888: Sailed from Penarth for Constantinople |

Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 23/08/1888