| Name: | VANGUARD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/02/1872 |
| Completed: | 04/1872 |
| Builder: | Cole Bros |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 14 |
| Dimensions: | 905grt, 567nrt, 222.7 x 30.0 x 16.1ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (26 & 50 x 24ins), 95nhp |
| Engines by: | J & W Dudgeon, London |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 65674 |
| History: | |
| 16/04/1872 | Bucknall Bros, London |
| 1874 | H Bucknall & Sons, London |
| 26/02/1882 | Missing |
| Comments: | 26/02/1882: Sailed Lisbon, subsequently posted missing |
| On a voyage from Huelva to Newcastle with a cargo of iron ore |