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Name: NORTHUMBRIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched 03/06/1871
Completed: 05/12/1871
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 69
Dimensions: 1600grt, 1047nrt, 2170dwt, 263.8 x 33.0 x 23.8ft;
(1880: 1588grt, 122nrt); (1890: 1592grt, 1215nrt)
Engines: C2cyl (29 & 58 x 36ins), 150nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 10.3knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 65269
History:
08/12/1871 William Watson & Watson A Massey, Hull
18/06/1872 William Watson, Brough
31/12/1873 William Watson & Watson A Massey, Hull
27/05/1874 William Watson, Brough
26/05/1876 Henry Briggs, Hull
10/11/1880 Henry Briggs & others, Hull
05/02/1881 Henry Briggs & John AB Sanderson, Hull
09/11/1894 P Lagomaggiore fu L, Genoa; renamed ENTELLA
1903 L Mezzano fu T, Genoa; renamed STELLA
27/04/1911 Sank
Comments Built “on spec” and sold after launch
Contract Price £28,500; Profit £3188-2s-2d
27/04/1911: Foundered 20 miles off Salina, near Sicily
On a voyage from Marseilles to Beirut carrying general cargo


Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 05/06/1871