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 |