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Name: AUSTRALIA
Type: Sailing Vessel
Launched: 1825
Completed: 1825
Builder: William Wright
Yard: North Shore, Newcastle
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 388nrt, 104.0 x 29.0 x 12.0ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: Sail
Construction: Wood
Reg Number:
History:
1825 Henry Wright, South Shields
06/1827 John & Thomas Dawson, London
08/1833 R Zwilchenbart & Co, Liverpool
05/1839 Gray, Lane & Jarvis, London
03/1840 William Thomson & Co, Leith
01/1841 Wrecked
Comments: 01/1841: Driven ashore on Sable Island, St Lawrence River
Waterlogged & abandoned.