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"Hello Hank, Theodore! I heard you were working the night shift. Isn't it a beautiful night?"
— Northumberland, Night Shift, second season
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Northumberland
  • Type: Submarine

Northumberland is a naval submarine who sleeps during the day and works during the night.

Bio

He is hardly ever awake in front of the tugs, except for when Theodore and Hank see him on their night shift. Northumberland is a very quiet sub and hates loud noise and bright lights. He also helps the "Salvage Team" (Theodore, Rebecca and Shelburne) to find great things under the water. He never likes to disappoint his friends, which can sometimes get him or his friends into danger. He once broke his propeller in an underwater rock slide and showed Hank where a sunken ship was. Northumberland is also a big brother-like figure to Pugwash, but was once scared that she would bump him. Northumberland is always a great help to the tugs and the Salvage Crew and whether he's awake or half-awake, he is always willing to be some assistance to anyone in the Big Harbor. He can get quite tired after working during the night, so he sometimes has an embarrassing habit of occasionally falling asleep in mid-sentence. Northumberland lives at the Navy Yards and helps Foduck with his safety duties, but he is always welcomed anywhere.[1]

Basis

Northumberland is loosely based off a Canadian Naval submarine.

Livery

Northumberland is painted black with his name on both sides painted in white.

Appearances

Audio Samples

Dive Alarm:

Trivia

  • He was named after the Northumberland Strait, the body of water that divides New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on the mainland of Canada from Prince Edward Island.
  • In the Finnish version, Northumberland is called Huhmeri.
  • For the underwater scenes, a small scale model of Northumberland hung by wire is used to show him moving through the water while his regular scale model is only used for close-up shots.

Merchandising

  • ERTL (die-cast and bath toy; discontinued)

References

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