Northumberland Shipbuilding Company

The Northumberland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding business based at Howdon in Tyne and Wear.

The company was established by Harry S. Edwards in Howdon in 1883.

[1] Following the death of the founder the business was bought by Rowland Hodge in 1898.

[2] Following a collapse in demand and over-ordering of steel the business went into receivership in 1926.

It briefly re-opened under new ownership in 1927 but closed again in 1930.