| Name: | WILLIAM HUNTER | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 11/02/1865 | 
| Completed: | 03/1865 | 
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co | 
| Yard: | Willington Quay | 
| Yard Number: | 173 | 
| Dimensions: | 795grt, 587nrt, 202.0 x 28.1 x 17.4ft | 
| Engines: | I2cyl (38 & 38 x 30ins), 90hp; (1880: C2cyl (28 & 47 x 30ins), 90hp) | 
| Engines by: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow; (1880: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland) | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 52668 | 
| History: | |
| 23/03/1865 | Moses J Jonassohn, London | 
| by 1888 | Frederick Gordon, Newcastle | 
| 16/11/1893 | Missing | 
| Comments: | 16/11/1893: Sailed from the Tyne for Hamburg | 
| Subsequently reported missing |