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Name: NORTHUMBERLAND
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 05/05/1853
Completed: 06/1853
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 5
Dimensions: 521grt, 439nrt, 163.2 x 26.2 x 15.3ft; (1865: 446grt, 363nrt, 164.0 x 26.1 x 15.2ft)
Engines: I2cyl (35 & 35 x 26ins), 80hp
Engines by: Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 2535
History:
06/1853 General Iron Screw Collier Co, London
1864 Frederick H Powell, Liverpool
1876 Charles Chrystal Duncan, Middlesbrough
1900 Eusebius Derwent, Newport. Monmouthshire
1909 Edward Dawson, Middlesbrough
No later history known
Comments: 1895: Engine removed & converted to a lighter, rigged as a schooner
1917: Register closed