| Name: | W J TAYLOR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/1872 |
| Completed: | 1872 |
| Builder: | CW Dodgin & Co |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 129grt, 88nrt, 82.1 x 20.0 x 10.6ft; (1878: 294grt, 159nrt) |
| Engines: | I2cyl (16.5 & 16.5 x 18ins), 20hp; (by 1890: C2cyl (13.5 & 26.75 x 18ins), 35hp |
| Engines by: | Wilson & Hall, Dunston; (by 1890: Moller & Holberg, Stettin) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1872 | Franz Erpenbeck, Beckman & Co, Papenburg |
| 1875 | Hermann Beckmann, Papenburg |
| 1876 | Eduard Haubuss, Stettin |
| 1878 | Renamed LIBAU PACKET |
| 22/08/1901 | Abandoned |
| Comments: | Re-engined at some date before 1890 |
| 22/08/1901: Abandoned in the Baltic Sea | |
| Subsequently wrecked between Rossitten & Sakau on the Baltic coast | |
| On a voyage from Memel to Stettin carrying general cargo |