| Name: | SPEEDWELL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/1862 |
| Completed: | 21/06/1862 |
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 10 |
| Dimensions: | 98grt, 81nrt, 120dwt, 100.4 x16.4 x 8.0ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (12 & 12 x 14ins), 22nhp |
| Engines by: | J Thompson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 45087 |
| History: | |
| 27/06/1862 | William Rawson & James Robinson, Hull; registered at Hull |
| 16/06/1868 | Henry Ward, Ipswich; registered at Ipswich |
| by 1872 | Anthony Bannister, Hull |
| 09/10/1872 | Missing |
| Comments: | Engines aft and rigged as a three masted schooner |
| Contract price £1400. Profit £140-10s-2d | |
| 09/10/1872: Left Ipswich and subsequently reported missing | |
| On a voyage from Ipswich to Hull carrying general cargo |
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday, 22/10/1872