| Name: | THOMAS LEA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/03/1864 |
| Completed: | 04/1864 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 146 |
| Dimensions: | 630grt, 487nrt, 179.7 x 28.1 x 17.2ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (36 & 36 x 30ins), 80hp; (1875: 26 & 51 x 30ins), 80nhp) |
| Engines by: | JB Palmer & Co, Jarrow; (1875: Victoria Dock Engineering Works Ltd, London) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 48725 |
| History: | |
| 01/04/1864 | R Cory & Co, London |
| 1876 | J Fenwick & Son, London |
| 26/10/1882 | Sank |
| Comments: | 26/10/1882: Sank after a collision with SILKSWORTH near Southend |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to London with a cargo of coal |