| Name: | VEGA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 20/08/1879 |
| Completed: | 1879 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 202 |
| Dimensions: | 3064grt, 1997nrt, 361.5 x 38.3 x 18.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 70 x 51ins); (1892: T3cyl (24, 39 & 64 x 42ins), 265nhp) |
| Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (1892: A Stephen & Sons, Glasgow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81306 |
| History: | |
| 1879 | Star Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1889 | Charente SS Co Ltd (T&J Harrison), Liverpool |
| 1890 | Christopher Furness, Liverpool |
| 1890 | Tatham, Bromage & Co, London |
| 1890 | Empresa Insulana de Navegação, Lisbon |
| 1900 | Empreza Nacional de Nav à Vapor, Lisbon; renamed BENGUELA |
| 09/01/1907 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 09/01/1907: Wrecked at Mossamedes when inward from Alexandria |
| with a cargo of dried fish. |