| Name: | SPHINX |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 06/10/1869 |
| Completed: | 11/1869 |
| Builder: | Schlesinger, Davis & Co |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 20 |
| Dimensions: | 849grt, 540nrt, 213.0 x 29.0 x 17.2ft |
| Engines: | 98hp |
| Engines by: | Thomas Clark & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 62333 |
| History: | |
| 11/11/1869 | Edward Story, Newcastle |
| by 1872 | Thomas Sutton, Newcastle |
| 04/12/1872 | Missing |
| Comments: | 04/12/1872: Left Gibraltar, subsequently posted missing |
| On a voyage from Kustendje (Constata) to London with a cargo of grain |
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 07/10/1869