William Miles (ship)

Several vessels have borne the name William Miles.


 * William Miles was launched at Bristol in 1808 as a West Indiaman. In 1817 a new owner started sailing her to India, sailing under a licence from the East India Company (EIC). In 1828 she made a voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land. Thereafter she traded with Sierra Leone, Louisiana, and possibly other ports as well. She was broken up in 1846.
 * William Miles was launched at Bristol in 1816 as a West Indiaman. She remained a West Indiaman until 1846, though she did make some voyages to the Baltic. New owners from 1846 sailed her to Quebec and North America. She underwent lengthening in 1854. Thereafter, a sequence of owners sailed her India and the Mediterranean. She was wrecked on 9 August 1883 in the Bristol Channel.
 * William Miles was launched at Quebec in 1853. In the 1850s and 1860s she carried immigrants to Australia and New Zealand. She was wrecked on 20 May 1868 at Pensacola.