| Name: | BARRABOOL |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/04/1874 |
| Completed: | 05/1874 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 301 |
| Dimensions: | 942grt, 588nrt, 224.8 x 30.5 x 15.2ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl (46 & 46 x 36ins), 140hp; (1881: C2cyl (30.5 & 57.5 x 36ins), 165nhp) |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1881: Morts Dock & Engineering Co, Sydney) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 64795 |
| History: | |
| 24/09/1874 | William H Smith & Sons Ltd, Melbourne |
| 1894 | Registered at Adelaide |
| 16/06/1898 | Registered at Sydney |
| 1901 | Howard Smith & Co Ltd, Sydney |
| 06/1944 | K Selvinen, Balmain, Sydney |
| 02/08/1950 | Scuttled |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 48 x 1st & 80 x 2nd Class passengers |
| Fitted with both square and fore & aft sails for journey to Australia | |
| 03/08/1876: Collided with & sank QUEENSLAND off Wilson's Promontory | |
| 10/03/1879: Collided with & sank BONNIE DUNDEE off Lake Macquarie, NSW | |
| 1881: Engine compounded by Morts Dock | |
| 09/08/1884: Collided with and damaged BIRKSGATE in Sydney harbour | |
| 25/12/1894: Collided with and damaged VAILELE in Sydney harbour | |
| Gained the nickname of the "Great Australian Ram" | |
| 1902: Converted to carry cargo only | |
| 17/05/1912: Stranded on Central Island, River Fitzroy whilst on a voyage | |
| from Rockhampton to Sydney. Refloated and taken to Sydney | |
| Deemed to be a constructive total loss by the underwriters | |
| 10/1912: Repurchased by Howard Smith & converted into a coal hulk at Sydney | |
| 02/08/1950: Scuttled off Sydney Heads |
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 30/05/1874