| 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 (28 & 52 x 33ins), 122nhp; (1892: 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: | 1892: Engine's HP cylinder reduced in size |
| 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 |
Star of Gwent, Friday, 14/06/1878