| Name: | WILLIAM DICKINSON | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 23/12/1878 | 
| Completed: | 02/1879 | 
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co | 
| Yard: | Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 370 | 
| Dimensions: | 2111grt, 1371nrt, 300.0 x 35.0 x24.3ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (35.5 & 66 x 42ins), 240nhp | 
| Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 80534 | 
| History: | |
| 18/02/1879 | W Dickinson & Co, Newcastle | 
| 27/02/1883 | Abandoned | 
| Comments: | 27/02/1883: Abandoned 50 miles SE of Malta, having sprung leak in engine room | 
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Alexandria with a cargo of coal |