| Name: | SAMSON | 
| Year: | 1848 | 
| Builder: | TD Marshall, South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 185grt, 72nrt, 114.7 x 21.0 x 10.5ft | 
| Engines: | Side Lever; 100nhp | 
| Engines By: | TD Marshall, South Shields | 
| Propulsion: | Paddle | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 26044 | 
| History: | |
| 1848 | Mark Melville, Liverpool and Jonathan & John Hall, Newcastle | 
| 1853 | J Tyrer, Liverpool | 
| 1856 | Liverpool Steam Tug Co, Liverpool | 
| 1873 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 1873: Sank after collision in River Mersey | 
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details |