| Name: | MARY NIXON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/05/1865 |
| Completed: | 08/1865 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 175 |
| Dimensions: | 758grt, 587nrt, 201.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (26 & 26 x 30ins), 99nhp; (1872: C2cyl (26 & 51 x 30ins), 99hp); |
| (1885: T3cyl (16.5, 26 & 43 x 36ins), 99nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co; (1879: Victoria Dock Engine Works, London); |
| (1885: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 51368 |
| History: | |
| 11/08/1865 | John Nixon & others, Cardiff; registered at Newcastle |
| 13/12/1876 | John Nixon, Cardiff & Richard Cory, London |
| 19/06/1879 | Richard Cory, London |
| 24/07/1884 | Henry James & others (J Fenwick & Son, managers), Newcastle |
| 11/07/1888 | Henry James & Cory Wright, Newcastle |
| 31/12/1891 | CF Cory-Wright (J Fenwick & Son, managers) |
| 1896 | Wm Cory & Son Ltd |
| 09/06/1898 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1872: Engine compounded |
| 1885: Engine tripled | |
| 09/06/1898: Sank off the Shipwash Light Vessel after a collision with CURLER | |
| On a voyage from Hull to London with a cargo of coal |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 14/09/1894