| Name: | WONDER |
| Launched: | 1857 |
| Completed: | 06/1857 |
| Builder: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 127grt, 23nrt, 112.6 x 18.0 x 10.0ft; (1865: 112.6 x 18.9 x 10.2ft); (1887: 132grt 39nrt) |
| Engines: | 2 x L1cyl (30 x 48ins), 60nhp |
| Engines by: | TD Marshall, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 18471 |
| History: | |
| 13/06/1857 | Joseph Shield, William Gray & George Harrison, Dublin and Arthur Alexander, Belfast |
| 13/06/1857 | Registered at Belfast |
| 1858 | Robert Alexander et al, Belfast |
| 1862 | Hugh Andrews et al, Belfast |
| 1864 | Thomas Smith et al; registered at Liverpool |
| 1865 | Thomas Smith, Liverpool |
| 1867 | RB Woodburn, Liverpool |
| 1868 | Thomas Shaw, Birkenhead plus others |
| 1871 | William Handley, Tranmere Park |
| 1872 | Thomas Shaw, Birkenhead |
| 1877 | Abraham Buchanan, Liverpool |
| 1882 | Sylvester Mattinson, Liverpool |
| 1883 | William W Bird Jr, St Sampson's, Guernsey |
| 1886 | Unknown owner, France; renamed VIGILANT |
| 03/1887 | Abraham J Bird & M Dupuy, St Brieuc, France and |
| William W Bird Sr, St Peter's Port, Guernsey; registered at Jersey; renamed WONDER | |
| 23/04/1888 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1886: Sold by the Mortgagees |
| 02/11/1887: Engine disabled & struck the east pierhead when entering Ramsgate harbour | |
| in a storm (returning to Jersey after reboilering in London) and damaged starboard quarter | |
| 23/04/1888: Began leaking while anchored in fog 7nm SWxS of Corbiere Point, Jersey | |
| She was abandoned and then she foundered. All 7 crew and 3 passengers saved | |
| On a voyage from St Brieuc to Jersey with a cargo of hay, straw and oats | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |
The Belfast News-Letter, Thursday, 11/06/1857