| Name: | NORTHUMBRIA |
| Type: | Yacht |
| Launched: | 31/05/1866 |
| Completed: | 1866 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 145 |
| Dimensions: | 259grt, 153nrt, 145.1 x 25.3 x 12.9ft; (1897: 263grt, 115nrt) |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 70hp; (1879: C2cyl (22 &44 x 26ins), 80nhp) |
| Engines by: | R Stephenson, Newcastle; (1879: Day, Summers & Co, Southampton) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 56052 |
| History: | |
| 1866 | George Robert Stephenson, Newcastle |
| by 1878 | Earl of Lonsdale, London |
| 1882 | Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey |
| 1895 | George H Marvin, West Cowes, IoW |
| 1896 | G Kynoch & Co Ltd, Birmingham |
| 1897 | Kynoch Ltd, Birmingham; registered at Dublin; renamed KYNOCH |
| 1900 | Garston Steam Ship Co Ltd (EW Turner, manager); registered at Liverpool |
| 11/05/1902 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1879: Re-engined |
| 1897: Converted to a cargo ship | |
| 11/05/1902: Stranded on the Hat & Barrels reef in fog & became a total loss |
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Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 28th July 1866