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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