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Name: NORTHUMBRIA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 16/10/1905
Completed: 01/1906
Builder: Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Howdon
Yard Number: 127
Dimensions: 4215grt, 2756nrt, 360.0 x 48.0 x 20.2ftft
Engines: T3cyl (25, 41 & 69 x 48ins), 372nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120652
History:
01/1906 Westminster Shipping Co Ltd (Sir John Jackson Ltd), London
09/01/1919 Sank
Comments: 09/01/1919: Sank after striking 2 mines when 1 mile south of Coatham
On a voyage from Baltimore to UK with a cargo of wheat.