Ship Details

Rig

Iron Twin Screw Steamer, (tug) 2 x 40 hp.

Built

1880

Tonnage

70g 20n

Built By

Dimensions

80.2 x 17.0 x 6.7

Demise

Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners, reg. Melbourne. 1895 May: Adelaide Steamship Co., reg. Port Adelaide. 1934 Sept.: Blown ashore with the barge Apa in the Pioneer River, Mackay, both salvaged. 1941 Sept.: Berthelsen Bros., Maryborough, Qld. 1945 c.: Hyne & Son., and re-engined. 1967: Laid up. 1971 Dec: Scuttled on Roy Rufus Reef, Hervey Bay.

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Comment

This is not the Pelican built in 1900 by Fleming and Ferguson. It is the Pelican built 1880 by Johnson's Tyne Foundry at Melbourne. See https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108502193 Note the mention of two boilers which corresponds to the two funnels. Is it possible to download a better quality copy of this photo for my records please? See www.boatregister.net for more info on my project.

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