| Name: | JAMES TURPIE |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 08/10/1881 |
| Completed: | 11/1881 |
| Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 227 |
| Dimensions: | 1732grt, 1082nrt, 270.8 x 34.7 x 23.9ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (32 & 61 x 36ins), 201nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 84859 |
| History: | |
| 18/11/1881 | J Turpie, Son & Co; registered at North Shields |
| 1887 | John Coull, North Shields |
| 1909 | Chr Salvesen & Co, Leith |
| 1916 | The South Georgia Co Ltd (Chr Salevsen & Co), Leith |
| 16/08/1946 | Sank |
| Comments: | 17/05/1910: Used as a coaling hulk for the whale catchers at South Georgia |
| 16/08/1946: Sank at her moorings at Leith Harbour, South Georgia. |
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In use as a coaling hulk. Photo is copyright of the Fra Dag Einar Winsnes collection