| Name: | WILLIAM BANKS | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 27/03/1869 | 
| Completed: | 1869 | 
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co | 
| Yard: | Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 185 | 
| Dimensions: | 722grt, 460nrt, 204.3 x 28.1 x 16.6ft | 
| Engines: | 2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 96hp; (by 1878: CI4cyl (24, 24 & 38, 38 x 30ins), 96nhp) | 
| Engines by: | T Richardson & Sons Ltd, Hartlepool | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 60933 | 
| History: | |
| 1869 | Thomas Richardson & Sons; registered at London | 
| 1875 | Louis Jean Baptiste Gueret, Cardiff | 
| 1890 | Helier J Langlois, Cardiff | 
| 1894 | Walter J Tillett, Cardiff | 
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | by 1878: Engine compounded by T Richardson & Sons | 
| 1895: Register closed |