Austral (1881)
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.
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History | |
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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) |
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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
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: 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.
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: 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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