| Name: | WILLIAM PRESTON | 
| Type: | Sailing Vessel | 
| Launched: | 1841 | 
| Completed: | 1841 | 
| Builder: | Luke Blumer | 
| Yard: | South Shields | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 160tonsb, 75.4 x 20.1 x 12.6ft | 
| Engines: | None | 
| Engines by: | n/a | 
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow | 
| Construction: | Wood | 
| Reg Number: | |
| History: | |
| 17/03/1841 | Robert Ekless & Robert Couper Jnr, South Shields | 
| 14/02/1842 | Wrecked | 
| Comments: | 14/02/1842: Wrecked on Western Rocks, Scilly Islands | 
| On a voyage from Odessa to the UK with a cargo of wheat |