| Name: | ACKLINGTON | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 04/07/1872 | 
| Completed: | 1872 | 
| Builder: | Edward Lindsay | 
| Yard: | St Lawrence, Newcastle | 
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 232grt, 139nrt, 130.1 x 20.8 x 10.3ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 31.5 x 20ins), 40nhp | 
| Engines by: | Pattison & Atkinson, Newcastle | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 67361 | 
| History: | |
| 1872 | Humble & Thompson, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle | 
| 1874 | Jas Beckingham, Newcastle | 
| 1875 | Frederick R Goddard, Newcastle | 
| 1881 | Edward J Harley, Cardiff | 
| 1882 | John W Dowson, Cardiff | 
| 20/08/1887 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 20/08/1887: Holed on the Runnelstone Rock, near Land's End | 
| Foundered before she could be run ashore | |
| On a voyage from Newport to Portland with a cargo of coal | 

Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 06/07/1872

The Star, Saturday, 20/08/1887