| Name: | TRADER |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/08/1904 |
| Completed: | 09/1904 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 121 |
| Dimensions: | 270grt, 84nrt, 125.0 x 22.6 x 9.0ft; (1913: 274grt, 105nrt) |
| Engines: | C2cyl (16 & 32 x 24ins), 52nhp; (1913: 43nhp) |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 118642 |
| History: | |
| 09/1904 | T Thompson & Son, Newcastle |
| by 1907 | "T" Steam Coasters Ltd, Newcastle |
| by 1913 | British Australian Timber Co Ltd, London |
| 1913 | Registered at Syndney NSW; renamed THE BAT |
| by 1927 | Government of New South Wales (State Metal Quarries); renamed KEMBLA |
| 1935 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1935: Dismantled & sunk |
Above photo as TRADER courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 29/08/1904