RICHARDSON, DUCK & COMPANY, THORNABY

Name SAPPHIRE
Type Iron steamship
Yard Number 352
Launched 31/03/1888
Completed 05/1888
Off. Number 94392
Engine builder T. Richardson & Sons, Hartlepool
Engine type T 3 cyl.
GRT 2058
Length (feet) 277
Beam (feet) 37
First owner Christie & Co., London.
   
History 1906 DYNAS POWIS, Dynas Powis S.S. Co. Ltd. (R. E. Morel & Co.), London
  1913 AGATOCLE, Soc. De Nav. A Vap. Agatocle (Salvatore Midolo), Syracuse
  1917 Soc. di Navigazione a Vapore Agatocle (S. Catera), Syracuse
   
Fate 19/10/1923 Struck a mine and sank near Kara Burnu in the Gulf of Ismidt on passage Constantinople for Genoa with old iron.

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