Category:Porpoise (ship, 1875)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Steamship
• Built by: Pyrmont workshops of ASN Co, Sydney
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1875
• Length over all: 92.5 ft
• Beam: 18.0 ft
• GRT: 91
• www.flotilla-australia.com
• The Register of Australian and New Zealand Shipping 1876-1877

History[edit]

• 1875 Named Porpoise; Flag: Australia
  • Official number: 73341
  • Port: Sydney
  • Owner: Australasian Steam Navigation Co.
• 1883 Lengthened, 125 GRT, 103.8 ft x 17.9 ft
• 1887 Company became Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.
• 1897 Port: Brisbane
• 1908 Sold to John Burke & Co
  • Port: Brisbane
• 1937 Removed from register
• 1942 Remains abandoned on the Norman River, North Queensland