| Name: | VENUS |
| Launched: | |
| Completed: | 1845 |
| Builder: | Daniel Bider, East Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 69grt, 21nrt, 81.0 x 14.2 x 8.8ft |
| Engines: | L1cyl, 40nhp |
| Engines By: | |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 37070 |
| History: | |
| 1845 | Alexander Ross & Andrew Cowie, Grangemouth; registered at Grangemouth |
| 1847 | Glasgow & Greenock Towing Co (Alexander Shearer, Duncan Dow & William Mories), Greenock |
| 1848 | Registered at Greenock |
| 1854 | Alexander Shearer & Colin S Caird, Greenock and Duncan Nicol, Hobart Town, Australia |
| 08/1854 | The Kangaroo Point and Hobart Town Steam Navigation Co |
| 1858 | Neil Lewis, Hobart Town; registered at Hobart Town |
| 12/1858 | Government of Victoria, Melbourne; registered at Melbourne |
| 13/9/1861 | Sank |
| Comments: | 3/1854: Sailed from the Clyde to Australia under sail |
| 8/1854: Sold at Melbourne for use as a ferry | |
| 11/1854: Arrived Hobart Town | |
| 1858: Operation as a ferry was a commercial failure | |
| 12/1858: Purchased for use in the dredging fleet | |
| 13/9/1861: Destroyed by fire while at anchor in Hobson's Bay | |
| 1863: Register closed |