| Name: | MATTHEW CAY |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/11/1872 |
| Completed: | 12/1872 |
| Builder: | John Softley & Co |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 86 |
| Dimensions: | 1355grt, 870nrt, 241.9 x 31.6 x 17.4ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (29 & 55 x 36ins), 120nhp |
| Engines by: | John Readhead & Co, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63021 |
| History: | |
| 10/01/1873 | Hall, Cay & Co, South Shields |
| 1881 | Cay, Hall & Co, South Shields |
| 23/09/1887 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Ordered while Softley was still in partnership with John Readhead |
| 23/09/1887: Wrecked about 2 miles north of Cape Finisterre | |
| On a voyage from Troon to Genoa with a cargo of coal & pig iron |