Austral (1881)

	Austral
History
Name	Austral
Owner	Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow
Builder	John Elder & Co., Govan
Yard number	245
Launched	21 December 1881
Fate	Broken up at Genoa in 1903.
General characteristics
Tonnage	5524 grt, 5588 after refit
Displacement	9,500 long tons (9,700 t)
Length	470 feet (140 m)[1]
Depth	37 feet (11 m)
Installed power	9,000 horsepower (6,700 kW)

Austral was a passenger ship built by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 21 December 1881 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia.

Austral settled on the bottom of Sydney Harbour in November 1882.

She sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay, off Kirribilli Point in Sydney Harbour on 11 November 1882.[2] Five crew were killed in the incident.[3] The ship was refloated on 1 March 1883.[4] She subsequently sailed to Glasgow for refit.[5][1]

She was chartered to Anchor Line for 7 months during 1884[6] for the Liverpool to New York passenger route arriving back at Neutral Bay in 1885.

Fate

Austral arrived for breaking up at Genoa on 27 May 1903.[3]

References

"ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 594. New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1885. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
"SINKING OF THE S.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 923. New South Wales, Australia. 13 November 1882. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
Gillett, Ross; Melliar-Phelps, Michael, 1941- (1980), A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour, Rigby, ISBN 978-0-7270-1201-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"The Austral". The Times. No. 30757. London. 2 March 1883. col E, p. 5.
"TELEGRAMS". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. X, no. 3529. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"THE S.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 322. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1884. p. 9. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"Miscellaneous". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. XI, no. 8393. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Media related to Austral (ship, 1881) at Wikimedia Commons
"Clyde built ships - Austral". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"SINKING OF THE ORIENT S.S. "AUSTRAL," IN SYDNEY HARBOUR". Illustrated Sydney News. Vol. XIX, no. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 25 November 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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[stats-1] "ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 594. New South Wales, Australia. 3 January 1885. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2011 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "SINKING OF THE S.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 13, 923. New South Wales, Australia. 13 November 1882. p. 7. Retrieved 11 May 2011 – via National Library of Australia.

[Gillett-3] Gillett, Ross; Melliar-Phelps, Michael, 1941- (1980), A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour, Rigby, ISBN 978-0-7270-1201-2{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Times020383-4] "The Austral". The Times. No. 30757. London. 2 March 1883. col E, p. 5.

[5] "TELEGRAMS". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. X, no. 3529. New South Wales, Australia. 28 February 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "THE S.S. AUSTRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 14, 322. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1884. p. 9. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
"Miscellaneous". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. XI, no. 8393. New South Wales, Australia. 21 February 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 10 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.