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 |
Newcastle Guardian & Tyne Mercury, Saturday, 28th July 1866