| Name: | READING |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 03/10/1883 |
| Completed: | 11/1883 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 511 |
| Dimensions: | 2043grt, 1297nrt, 286.0 x 36.2 x 22.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 64 x 42ins), 243nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89161 |
| History: | |
| 15/11/1883 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff |
| 1895 | Reading Steamship Co Ltd (J Cory & Sons) |
| 05/11/1913 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 05/11/1913: Wrecked on South Rock, Cloughey, Co Down |
| On a voyage from Seville to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore |