| Name: | BIRNAM |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 30/12/1895 |
| Completed: | 02/1896 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Sons |
| Yard: | West Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 312 |
| Dimensions: | 2472grt, 1566nrt, 304.0 x 44.1 x 21.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (23, 37.5 & 61.5 x 39ins), 240nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 102740 |
| History: | |
| 02/1896 | Maclean, Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool |
| 1900 | H Doughty & Co, West Hartlepool |
| 1901 | Doughty Shipping Co Ltd (H Doughty), West Hartlepool |
| 1907 | Soc Générale de Houilles & Agglomérés, Nantes; renamed VOLTAIRE |
| 1912 | Managers Delmas Frères, La Rochelle |
| 1913 | Delmas frères, La Rochelle |
| 11/01/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | 11/01/1918: Torpedoed & sunk 140 miles NE of Cape Ortegal |
| On a voyage from Algiers to Nantes |