| Name: | WILLIAM DICKINSON |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/12/1878 |
| Completed: | 02/1879 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 370 |
| Dimensions: | 2111grt, 1371nrt, 300.0 x 35.0 x24.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (35.5 & 66 x 42ins), 240nhp |
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 80534 |
| History: | |
| 18/02/1879 | W Dickinson & Co, Newcastle |
| 27/02/1883 | Abandoned |
| Comments: | 27/02/1883: Abandoned 50 miles SE of Malta, having sprung leak in engine room |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Alexandria with a cargo of coal |