| Name: | FAIRFIELD | 
| Type: | Cargo Ship | 
| Launched: | 05/03/1881 | 
| Completed: | 04/1881 | 
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | 
| Yard: | Jarrow | 
| Yard Number: | 438 | 
| Dimensions: | 1560grt, 1001nrt, 250.8 x 34.3 x 20.4ft | 
| Engines: | C2cyl (30 & 60 x 36ins), 160nhp | 
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow | 
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw | 
| Construction: | Iron | 
| Reg Number: | 84090 | 
| History: | |
| 06/04/1881 | Joseph Brown & Co, Liverpool | 
| 1889 | Joseph Brown & Son, Liverpool | 
| 11/11/1891 | Sank | 
| Comments: | 11/11/1891: Foundered in the Bay of Biscay, 125 miles SW of Brest | 
| On a voyage from the Tyne to Genoa with a cargo of coal | 

Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 07/03/1881

Liverpool Mercury, Saturday, 14/11/1891