RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY
| Name | DIONE (launched as NORTH EASTERN) |
| Type | Iron cargo steamship |
| Yard Number | 135 |
| Launched | 10/03/1868 |
| Completed | 04/1868 |
| Off. Number | 60133 |
| Engine builder | North East Engineering Co., Sunderland (1879 new engine by Blair & Co., Stockton-on-Tees) |
| Engine type | Steam, 90 hp. (from 1879 C. 2cyl.) |
| GRT | 713 |
| Length (feet) | 191.8 |
| Beam (feet) | 27.6 |
| First owner | Richardson & Co., Hull |
| History | 1874 J. Johannsen, London |
| 1879 Middlesbrough and London S.S. Co., later to become Tees Union Shipping Co. Ltd., Stockton | |
| 1903 Owners amalgamated into Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Co. Ltd. | |
| 1908 PARAYAS, Spanish owners | |
| 1909 AURORA, Cia. Nav. Vapor Aurora, Bilbao | |
| Owners LR1932-1964 Cia. Nav. Vapor 'Aurora', Bilbao (managers in 1930's Jose & Juan de Goyoaga) | |
| Fate | 1964 broken up in Spain |
Painting kindly supplied by Sandra Jones
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