Tarapaca

A four-masted iron ship built in 1886 by W.B. Thompson, Glasgow. Dimensions: 92,96×13,56×7,08 meters [205'0"×44'6"×23'3"] and tonnage 2557 GRT and 2497 NRT. [Picard: 2506 GRT, 2338 NRT] Rigged with royal sails over double top and topgallant sails.

1886 July: Launched at the shipyard of W.B. Thompson, Glasgow, for Ant. Dom. Bordes et fils, Bordeaux. Captain Moizan.
1893: Registered in Dunkerque.
1901 September 9: Arriving at La Pallice with 4000 tons on nitrate from Tocopilla, she collided with the pierhead while under tow into the harbour and sank. [Picard: 1902]
When the ship eventually was refloated she was towed back to Glasgow to be repaired.
1917 September 1: Sunk by the German submarine U-52 some 64 miles WSW of Oléron on voyage from Iquique to Bordeaux.

Updated 1997-01-30 by Lars Bruzelius.

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