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Name: NORTHUMBRIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/06/1871
Completed: 05/12/1871
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 69
Dimensions: 1600grt, 1047nrt, 2170dwt, 263.8 x 33.0 x 23.8ft
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 58 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 10.3knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65269
History:
1871 Massey & Lawyer, Hull
1875 William Watson, Hull
1876 Massey & Lawyer, Hull
1877 H Briggs & Sons, Hull
1894 P Lagomaggiore,Genoa; renamed ENTELLA
1907 Nav Generale Italiana (NGI)
1908 L Mezzano,Genoa; renamed STELLA
27/04/1911 Sank
Comments Built “on spec” and sold after launch
Contract Price £28,500; Profit £3188-2s-2d
27/04/1911: Foundered 20 miles off Salina on a voyage from
Marseilles to Beirut with general cargo