| Name: | SARPEDON |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/09/1870 |
| Completed: | 11/1870 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 129 |
| Dimensions: | 1949grt, 1519nrt, 310.7 x 33.5 x 25.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 58 x 45ins), 225nhp |
| Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10 knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63312 |
| History: | |
| 08/11/1870 | Ocean Steam Ship Co (A Holt & Co), Liverpool |
| 04/09/1876 | Sank |
| Comments: | 04/09/1876: Sank after a collision with JULIA DAVID, 80 miles SW of Ouessant |
| On a voyage from Shanghai to London carrying passengers & general cargo | |
| All 84 persons on board were rescued by CALDERON |