| Name: | WILLIAM |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1779 |
| Completed: | 1779 |
| Builder: | Lockwood Brodrick |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 292tonsb, 100.3 x 27.8 x ?ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Barque; (1805: Ship); (1816: Snow) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 1779 | Unknown owner |
| 03/10/1786 | Caleb Angus & Philip Kirton, Newcastle and William Elliott, South Shields |
| 15/02/1790 | Nicholas Teasdale & Thomas Wallis, South Shields and George Ridley, Morpeth |
| 27/04/1805 | Robert & David Cram; Thomas Gibson, Newcastle and Joseph Gibson, Meldon |
| 01/04/1824 | Henry Mitcalfe & Thomas Metcalfe, North Shields |
| 06/01/1825 | Henry Mitcalfe, North Shields |
| 25/03/1826 | Henry Mitcalfe, North Shields & David Edward Stephens, Tynemouth |
| 03/11/1829 | Henry Mitcalfe, North Shields |
| 28/06/1832 | Sank |
| Comments: | 28/06/1832: Struck an iceberg & sank SE of Labrador |