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Name: COURIER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/09/1887
Completed: 09/1887
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 131
Dimensions: 728grt, 223nrt, 220.8 x 30 x 12.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 46 & 73 x 36ins), 320nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 17.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95231
History:
10/11/1887 Huddart, Parker & Co Pty, Newcastle
1888 Registered at Melbourne
Q4/1927 Broken up
Comments: Certified to carry 2000 x passengers
Fitted with mounting for a number of Nordenfeldt guns
11/1927: Sold to ship breakers Morris & Watts
Stripped of all valuable metals, (copper, brass, etc) fittings and engines
29/03/1928: Towed through Port Phillip Heads. Explosive charges in place, her innards were blown apart and she was allowed to slip gracefully beneath the waves of Bass Strait
Now a popular diving attaction


Above image is copyright of the Illustrated News

Above photo is copyright of the Allan Green Collection

Above photo is courtesy of The Engineer

Shields Daily News, Monday, 05/09/1887