| Name: | CHEVIOT |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 29/07/1870 |
| Completed: | 09/1870 |
| Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 228 |
| Dimensions: | 1226grt, 764nrt, 230.2 x 32.2 x 17.5ft |
| Engines: | CI2cyl (30 & 52 x 36ins), 120nhp |
| Engines by: | T Clark & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw and rigged as a Schooner |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 63648 |
| History: | |
| 05/09/1870 | Watts, Milburn & Co, London |
| 1873 | J Loughland & J Gunn, Cardiff |
| 1876 | JB Foley & Co, London |
| 1876 | W Howard Smith & Sons Ltd, Melbourne |
| 19/10/1887 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1877: Refitted at Sydney to carry passengers as well as cargo |
| for the Melbourne to Sydney and Newcastle service | |
| 19/10/1887: Wrecked near Point Nepean after propeller broke off and blown ashore | |
| Subsequently broke in two, with a loss of 36 passengers & crew | |
| On a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney, carrying passengers & general cargo |
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