| Name: | WILLIAM REED |
| Type: | Sailing vessel |
| Launched: | 1832 |
| Completed: | 1832 |
| Builder: | Thomas Metcalfe |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 234tonsb, 85.5 x 25.2 x ?ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Snow |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 33041 |
| History: | |
| 23/06/1832 | Davis Hewson Reed and George & Thomas Metcalfe, South Shields |
| 23/12/1848 | George Metcalfe & John Tinley, South Shields |
| 05/12/1850 | George & Thomas Metcalfe, South Shields |
| 04/04/1859 | Thomas Metcalfe, South Shields |
| 23/06/1860 | CD Barker & H Milvain, Newcastle; R Bell & J Fawcus, South & North Shields |
| 13/07/1860 | William Irvin, North Shields |
| 28/05/1861 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/01/1859: George Metcalfe died |
| 28/05/1861: Lost off the coast of Jutland | |
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Cronstadt |