| Name: | BEACONSFIELD |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 26/07/1877 |
| Completed: | 09/1877 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 3 |
| Dimensions: | 1736grt, 1118nrt, 270.0 x 34.0 x 24.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 61 x 36ins), 160nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 76646 |
| History: | |
| 11/09/1877 | George Cleugh, Newcastle; registered at North Shields |
| 1888 | John N Wilson, Newcastle |
| by 1904 | John N Wilson, Tynemouth |
| 07/04/1905 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 07/04/1905: Wrecked north of Kvitholmen, Norway |
| On a voyage from Blyth to Trondheim with a cargo of coal |
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Photo courtesy of Richard Cox
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The Newcastle Courant, Friday, September 14, 1877