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Name: TOPAZE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/1878
Completed: 12/1878
Builder: CS Swan & Co
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 39
Dimensions: 1938grt, 1265nrt, 277.0 x 34.7 x 24.5ft
Engines: CI2cyl (33 & 61 x 33ins), 180nhp; (1892: T3cyl (20, 32.5 & 56 x 33ins), 197hp)
Engines by: T Richardson & Son, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 79664
History:
1878 Young & Christies, London
1885 Christie & Co, London
18/09/1903 Wrecked
Comments: 1892: Engine tripled by T Richardson & Son, Hartlepool
18/09/1903: Wrecked at Port au Basques, Newfoundland
On a voyage from St John's to Bonne Bay with a cargo of coal