| Name: | BLANCHE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/04/1884 |
| Completed: | 07/1884 |
| Builder: | George K Smith & Co / Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Whitehill Point, North Shields / Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 11 |
| Dimensions: | 128grt, 72nrt, 92.0 x 20.1 x 8.0ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (12 & 22 x 16ins), 22nhp |
| Engines by: | G Paulin & Son, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 88780 |
| History: | |
| 01/08/1884 | Robert Jackson, Newcastle |
| 11/10/1885 | Sank |
| Comments: | 29/04/1884: TIC records state launched by GK Smith & Co at Whitehill Point |
| 1885: LR states built by Wallsend Slipway at Wallsend | |
| 1884: Smith declared bankrupt, so did Wallsend Slipway take over the contract | |
| Or were they the prime contractor who had subcontracted the hull to GK Smith | |
| 11/10/1885: Sank off the Leman & Ower Lightship after cargo shifted | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Amsterdam with a cargo of machinery |