| Name: | NORNA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 07/01/1857 |
| Completed: | 03/1857 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 55 |
| Dimensions: | 933grt, 635nrt, 216.0 x 27.0 x 22.3ft |
| Engines: | Steam, 200hp; (1874: C2cyl, 130nhp) |
| Engines by: | (1874: J Penn & Sons, London) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 16693 |
| History: | |
| 27/03/1857 | Malcolmson Brothers, Waterford |
| 10/1858 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa; renamed VESTA |
| 05/11/1887 | Sank |
| Comments: | Probably engined by the shipbuilder |
| Built for the cattle and passenger trade | |
| Malcolmson Bros also traded as St Petersburg Steamship Co | |
| 1874: Rebuilt & re-engined at Sevastopol | |
| 1877: Hired to Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea fleet as a torpedo boat tender | |
| 1879: Returned to owners | |
| 05/11/1887: Sank near Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea, after collision with SINUS |
Above photo as VESTA is courtesy of Lemachko BV. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 10/01/1857