| Name: | ASHBURTON |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1853 |
| Completed: | 1853 |
| Builder: | William Cunningham |
| Yard: | Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 589nrt, 131.0 x 26.4 x 19.0ft; (1875: 506nrt, 134.0 x 28.0 x 18.6ft) |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1875: Rigged as a Barque) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 11977 |
| History: | |
| 07/06/1853 | George Wooler Beckwith, Tyne Bridge End, Newcastle |
| 21/06/1853 | George W & Robert Beckwith, Newcastle; Thomas A Cook, Wallsend; |
| William Harrison, Putney and Alfred King, Bermondsey | |
| 12/1862 | Henry David Dale, Port Adelaide, Australia |
| 09/1863 | Charles Smith, Sydney, NSW |
| 04/1868 | Messrs Randall, John McClemens & Charles Smith, Sydney, NSW |
| 01/1874 | William Young, Melbourne |
| 06/1878 | William K Thomson, Melbourne |
| 1916 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1874: Hulked at Melbourne |
| c1879: Hulked at Suva | |
| Although listed in MNL to 1915 some records have her broken up in 1894 |
Above photo is courtesy of the State Library of South Australia