ESSEX
| Built | 1896 |
| Type | Passenger Steamer |
| Tonnages | 297 grt |
| Length / beam / draft | 175.5 x 23.1 x 7.2 ft |
| Shipbuilder (yard number) | Earle's Company, Hull (409) |
| Engine Builder | |
| Engine | Comp. diagonal 2cyl (24, 48 x 42in), 160 nhp, paddle |
| O.N. | |
| Owners | 1896 Great Eastern Railway Company - excursion vessel based at Harwich |
| 1913 H. Cooney, Westcliff-on-Sea as Thames excursion vessel | |
| 1916 Goole & Hull Steam Packet Co. Ltd., Goole | |
| 1918 J. Calvert, Goole | |
| 1920 Hellenic Mediterranean and Black Sea Company, Piraeus; renamed ACROPOLIS | |
| Fate | 1929 deleted from Lloyd's Register |
ESSEX or sister NORFOLK at Harwich (rear of the pier)