| Name: | METAPEDIA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 28/02/1881 |
| Completed: | 1881 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 220 |
| Dimensions: | 2241grt, 1454nrt, 321.5 x 36.2 x 24.1ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35 & 70 x 48ins), 300nhp; (1891: T3cyl (23.5, 35 & 62 x 48ins), 269nhp) |
| Engines by: | Black, Hawthorn & Co, Gateshead; (1891: Westray, Copeland & Co, Barrow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84093 |
| History: | |
| 1881 | SS Metapedia Ltd (Crow, Bogart & Co), Liverpool |
| 1882 | Managers Crow, Rudolf & Co |
| 1895 | Hiroumi Nisaburo, Osaka; renamed NARA MARU |
| 24/12/1897 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1891: Engine tripled by Westray, Copeland & Co |
| 24/12/1897: Sank after striking rocks off the Pescadores |