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