| Name: | UNIVERSE |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Year: | 10/1875 |
| Builder: | Eltringham JT & Co, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 42 |
| Dimensions: | 143grt, 35nrt, 115.8 x 19.5 x 9.9ft |
| Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (30.625 x 54ins), 85nhp |
| Engines by: | Hepple & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 73575 |
| History: | |
| 12/10/1875 | Mark Martin, John Mitchell et al, Gravesend; registered at London |
| 1888 | The Tees Conservancy Commissioners; registered at Stockton |
| 1913 | Leonard Brown, South Shields |
| 1913 | William Saddler, Leith |
| 1914 | Joseph Stuart & Adolph Gottschalk, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
| 1917 | John Fletcher (Montrose Shipbuilding Co), Montrose |
| 1918 | James Dredging, Towage & Transport Co Ltd, London |
| 1919 | The Neptune Marine Salvage Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 04/1921 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/03/1918: On Admiralty service |
| 13/05/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 04/1921: Sank on passage from Larne to South Shields | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
Above photo is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich - Gould Collection