AUSTRALIA

Ship Details

Rig

Iron Screw Steamer, 600 hp.

Built

1870

Built In

Tonnage

3,664g 2,102n

Built By

Dimensions

381.9 x 44.7 x 33.0

Demise

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., reg. Greenock. Last P&O vessel to have a clipper bow. 1870: First P&O vessel to sail southbound through the Suez Canal. 1876: New engine. 1879: Towed back to Southampton after her propeller shaft snapped. 1889: Union Steamship Co. & renamed. 1893: Laid up and broken up on the Thames.

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