Name: | ROCHEFORT |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 08/06/1878 |
Completed: | 06/1878 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 371 |
Dimensions: | 874grt, 443nrt, 220.0 x 30.2 x 15.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (22.5 & 52 x 33ins), 122nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 79382 |
History: | |
26/06/1878 | J Cory, Cardiff |
1881 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff |
1892 | Rochefort Steamship Co Ltd (T Jack Jr), Cardiff |
1898 | Shamrock Shipping Co Ltd (T Jack), Belfast |
1912 | Clarkson Brothers, Middlesbrough |
23/11/1912 | Sank |
Comments: | 23/11/1912: Sank after a collision with Dutch trawler VL25 off Orfordness |
On a voyage from Hamburg to Rouen with a cargo of wheat |