NORTHUMBERLAND

SHE WAS BUILT IN 1871 BY WIGRAMS IN BLACKWALL AND WAS A VESSEL OF 2,178 TONS

IN 1882 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION, WHO HAD HER ENGINES REMOVED AND SHE WAS CONVERTED BACK TO A FULL RIGGED SAILING VESSEL.

 HER MASTER AT THIS STAGE WAS CAPTAIN R TODD ( WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MASTER ONBOARD THE ST.LEONARD'S )

2ND JANUARY LEFT LONDON BOUND FOR LYTTELTON ARRIVING 10TH APRIL 1887

12 DECEMBER 1884 LEFT LONDON ARRIVED AUCKLAND 24TH APRIL 1885

LEFT LONDON 9TH DECEMBER 1883 ARRIVED AUCKLAND 17TH MARCH 1884

20TH SEPTEMBER 1875 LEFT LONDON AND ARRICE IN MELBOURNE 13TH OCTOBER 1875

LEFT LONDON 20TH SEPTEMBER 1874 AND ARRIVED IN MELBOURNE 15TH NOVEMBER 1874

SHE WAS WRECKED OF NAPIER, NEW ZEALAND IN 1887, SHE HAD BEEN OUT IN THE ROADSTEAD, WHEN DURING A GALE SHE PARTED COMPANY WITH HER CABLE AND WAS PUSHED UP ONTO THE SHORE, TO BECOME A TOTAL LOSS.A SMALL STEAMER THAT WENT TO HER AID WAS CAPSIZED, AND ONE MAN WAS LOST.

ALL OF THE CREW OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND WERE RESCUED.

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NORTHUMBERLAND

NORTHUMBERLAND ON  20TH MAY 1852 WAS UNDER THE FLAG OF PILKINGTON,WILSON & BAINES (WHITE STAR ) BOUGHT BY JAMES BAINE TWO YEARS LATER (BLACKBALL LINE)

SHE WAS IN SYDNEY IN 1852 - BROUGHT OUT A BATCH OF  SYDNEY HERBERTS NEEDLEWOMEN - ALL SEEMED TO BE RESPECTABLE AND BEHAVED WELL ON THE VOYAGE OUT 

A VESSEL CALLED NORTHUMBERLAND A  821 TON SHIP  WITH CAPTAIN D MILLAR IN COMMAND SAILED FROM LONDON ON 21ST SEPTEMBER 1864 CALLING IN AT PLYMOUTH 26TH SEPTEMBER 1863 AND ARRIVED AT PORT ADELAIDE 9TH JANUARY 1864. HER AGENTS WERE ELDER & SMITH & CO

I MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THIS IS THE ABOVE JAMES BAINE VESSEL