| Name: | CALIFORNIA |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 07/06/1849 |
| Completed: | 1849 |
| Builder: | JH Lawson |
| Yard: | East Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 219nrt, 87.8 x 22.9 x 15.1ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brig |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 26906 |
| History: | |
| 20/06/1849 | James Hutchinson Lawson, South Shields; registered at Shields |
| 14/04/1862 | Robert Bell, George Robson & William H Gardner, South Shields |
| 15/11/1864 | Robert Bell & George Robson, South Shields |
| 05/08/1875 | Henry Dixon & Hampsteed Barrass, Newcastle |
| 21/03/1881 | Unknown owner, Germany |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Also listed as built at Shields |
| Capacity of 420tons of coal, 35tons of ballast |