| Name: | EARL OF JERSEY |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/06/1879 |
| Completed: | 07/1879 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 390 |
| Dimensions: | 797grt, 506nrt, 210.8 x 30.2 x 14.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (26 & 50 x 36ins), 98nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 81771 |
| History: | |
| 02/07/1879 | Martin & Marquand, Cardiff |
| 24/02/1884 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Built specifically for the Bilbao iron ore trade |
| 24/02/1884: Wrecked on Cabeza Lorenzo reef, 2 miles west of Rota | |
| On a voyage from Newcastle to Cadiz with a cargo of coal |