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