| Name: | NORMANDY | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Keel: | 08/07/1862 | 
| Launched: | 07/01/1863 | 
| Completed: | 22/02/1863 | 
| Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker | 
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker | 
| Yard Number: | 15 | 
| Dimensions: | 149grt, 107nrt, 100dwt, 112.6 x 17.9 x 10.5ft | 
| Engines: | 2cyl (22 & 22 x 18ins), 40nhp; (1881: C2cyl (12.75 & 22 x 18ins), 17nhp) | 
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1881: Burrel & Bone, London) | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.25knots (trials) | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 45652 | 
| History: | |
| 14/05/1863 | London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Co, Newhaven | 
| 1887 | G Nelson, Liverpool, renamed ROUEN | 
| 1888 | Ponsonby & Co, London | 
| 1890 | A Daene, Bordeaux | 
| 1892 | A Postel et ses fils, Cherbourg; renamed ARAMIS | 
| 11/05/1900 | Burnt out | 
| Comments: | 1881: Re-engined | 
| 11/05/1900: Burnt out at Fecamp | |
| Had arrived from Dunkirk with a cargo of linseed | 

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 09/01/1863