| Name: | R W BOYD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 12/02/1880 |
| Completed: | 02/1880 |
| Builder: | John Readhead & Co |
| Yard: | Lawe Yard, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 157 |
| Dimensions: | 1225grt, 840nrt, 250.0 x 32.6 x 17.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 53 x 33ins), 115nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79232 |
| History: | |
| 13/03/1880 | Wilson, Taylor & Co, North Shields |
| 1882 | F Rahtkens & Co, Middlesbrough |
| 05/02/1896 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/02/1896: Sank after a collision with IDLEWILD off Great Yarmouth |
| She was driven across Cross Sands and then drifted off and sank | |
| On a voyage from Shields to Bilbao with a cargo of coal |