| Name: | WILLIAM BURKITT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 09/11/1878 |
| Completed: | 12/1878 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 192 |
| Dimensions: | 1902grt, 1232nrt, 285.8 x 34.8 x 24.3ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (33 & 66 x 42ins), 250nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 79663 |
| History: | |
| 23/01/1879 | Laws, Surtees & Co, London |
| 1886 | EJ Hough & Co, London |
| 1887 | Biggart & Fulton, Glasgow |
| 1889 | Douglas H Morgan & Co, London |
| 1891 | Phalp & Co, London |
| 1893 | Philip Morel, Cardiff; renamed SULLY |
| 18/05/1895 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/05/1895: Sank after a collision with CONRAD, 54 miles off Carthagena |
| On a voyage from Swansea to Marseille with a cargo of coal |