| Name: | SAMSON |
| Launched: | 1840 |
| Completed: | 08/1840 |
| Builder: | Mark Melvill, Coble Dene, North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 68grt, 22nrt, 70.9 x 15.3 x 8.7ft; (1858: 61grt, 15nrt, 71.9 x 17.0 x 8.8ft) |
| Engines: | L1cyl, 32nhp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 13537 |
| History: | |
| 1840 | William & Andrew Cowie, Alexander Ross, Peter & James Wilkie et al, Grangemouth |
| 29/08/1840 | Registered at Grangemouth |
| 11/02/1850 | Andrew Cowie, James Robertson, John Hutton et al, Grangemouth |
| 1858 | James Park, Robert Lang & David Hall, Glasgow; registered at Glasgow |
| 1859 | J Lynars, Glasgow |
| 1861 | William Liddell & John Anderson, Glasgow |
| 1862 | Seaton, Liddell & Anderson, Greenock; registered at Greenock |
| 1866 | United Steam Towing & Navigation Co, Port Glasgow |
| 1870 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Andrew Cowie et al may have been trading as Grangemouth, Forth Steam Towing Co |
| 1870: Broken up at North Shields | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above information |