| Name: | R W HODGSON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/05/1872 |
| Completed: | 07/1872 |
| Builder: | Readhead, Softley & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 81 |
| Dimensions: | 1254grt, 791nrt, 255.3 x 33.1 x 17.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 60 x 36ins), 140nhp |
| Engines by: | Readhead, Softley & Co |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63015 |
| History: | |
| 11/07/1872 | Harry S Edwards, South Shields |
| 12/02/1873 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/02/1873: Sank off Cape Corrubedo after being driven onto rocks |
| On a voyage from Huelva to Liverpool |