| Name: | JOHN WILLIAMSON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/12/1870 |
| Completed: | 02/1871 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 239 |
| Dimensions: | 1272grt, 806nrt, 244.8 x 32.0 x 17.6ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 54 x 36insins), 120hp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63001 |
| History: | |
| 15/02/1871 | Harry S Edwards, South Shields |
| 1880 | Cay, Hall & Co, South Shields |
| 07/05/1889 | Sank |
| Comments: | 07/05/1889: Sank after a collision with MARTINIQUE, 12 miles S of Cabo Espichel LH |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Malaga with a cargo of coal |