| Name: | APEX |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/08/1888 |
| Completed: | 10/1888 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 604 |
| Dimensions: | 2119grt, 1380nrt, 276.0 x 37.8 x 18.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 225nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 95466 |
| History: | |
| 27/09/1888 | Apex Steamship Co Ltd (Newman & Dale), London |
| 1891 | Royal Hungarian Sea Navigation Co Adria Ltd, Fiume; renamed BAROSS |
| 1913 | Renamed APEX |
| 1914 | U Iwaki, Dairen; renamed ANYO MARU |
| 1917 | Inui Gomei Kaisha, Dairen |
| 27/08/1922 | Missing |
| Comments: | 27/08/1922: Sailed from Keelung and subsequently reported missing |
| On a voyage from Saigon to Yokohama with a cargo of rice |
Above photo as BAROSS is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday< 25/08/1888