| Name: | CLAUD HAMILTON |
| Type: | Cargo ship |
| Launched: | 15/03/1862 |
| Completed: | 1862 |
| Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 95 |
| Dimensions: | 668grt, 529nrt, 200.2 x 28.2 x 16.5ft; (1886: 878grt, 460nrt, 231.3 x 28.4 x 16.5ft) |
| Engines: | 100nhp; (18XX: C2cyl (27 & 54 x 36ins), 120nhp) |
| Engines by: | R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn Engine Works; (18XX: D & W Henderson, Glasgow) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw with sails, square rigged |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 44865 |
| History: | |
| 1862 | Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Co Ltd, London |
| 1867 | London, Panama, New Zealand & Australia RMSP Co Ltd, London |
| 1869 | McMeckan & Blackwood, Melborne; registered at Melbourne |
| 1880 | Nipper & See, Sydney |
| 1881 | Adelaide Steamship Co, Adelaide |
| 1886 | Renamed ALBANY |
| 28/03/1905 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 1886: Lengthened & given a straight bow. |
| 18XX: Re-engined | |
| 28/03/1905: Wrecked off Nambucca Heads, New South Wales |
Above photo as CLAUD HAMILTON copright of the State Library of Queensland
Above image as ALBANY copright of Allan C Green
Newcastle Journal, Monday, 17th March 1862