Gosforth was a timber ship, registered as 810 tons and launched in 1856 for passenger transport between England and East India. Gosforth was built by T. and W. Smith Shipbuilders, later to become Smiths Dock Company, in North Shields, England. At the time of launch, Gosforth was described as an East Indiaman, though was subsequently termed "frigate-built".
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