| Name: | COMPTON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/01/1878 |
| Completed: | 08/03/1878 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 105 |
| Dimensions: | 1746grt, 1186nrt, 280.0 x 34.7 x 25.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 62 x 42ins), 200hp |
| Engines by: | J Shaw & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 77080 |
| History: | |
| 03/1878 | Watts, Milburn Co, London |
| 1879 | Transferred to W Milburn & Co, London |
| 11/06/1886 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Contract price £29000, Profit £2333 |
| Wrecked in the Balabac Straits, Borneo, when en route from Singapore to Panay Island, Philippines, with a cargo of rice | |
| The crew were saved by a passing Spanish troop transport that landed the crew at Manila on 25/06/1886 | |
| The wreck and cargo was sold for $600 |