Name: | AUCKLAND launched as PAULETT |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 03/01/1863 |
Completed: | 04/1863 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 104 |
Dimensions: | 699grt, 533nrt, 212.8 x 28.0 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | 2cyl, 150hp |
Engines by: | Morrison & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 47310 |
History: | |
07/04/1863 | Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Co Ltd, London |
1864 | Owners restyled Panama, New Zealand & Australian Royal Mail Co |
1869 | Australasian Steam Navigation Co, Sydney |
27/05/1871 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 1863: Launched as PAULETT |
1871: Engine compounded by William Jaffrey, ASN Co | |
27/05/1871: Wrecked near Cape Everard, 40 miles SW of Cape Howe | |
On a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney carrying general cargo | |
Some sources state the wreck was 22/07/1871 |
AUCKLAND is the inboard steamer. Photo is copyright of State Library of Queensland
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Monday, 05/01/1863