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Name: MARY AUSTIN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/09/1865
Completed: 10/1865
Builder: TD Marshall
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 166grt, 113nrt, 120.3 x 19.0 x 9.4ft
Engines: C2cyl (13 & 26 x 21ins), 30nhp
Engines by: Tod & McGregor, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw and also rigged for sail
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 53204
History:
02/10/1865 William AF Austin; registered at South Shields
1867 William Hutchinson, Lyme Regis
1868 Robert Fell, Newcastle; registered at Newcastle
1869 Charles Fox Bennett, St John’s, NF
1870 John Taylor & George Veal, Bristol; registered at Bristol
1871 A Pearce & Co, Bridgewater, Somerset
1874 Bacheelerie; registered at Marseilles; renamed L’AVENER
1877 NV Reederij Steamship Tromp, (M Ohl & Co, managers), Macassar; renamed TROMP
1878 Bauermann & Co & JG Weijergang & Zn, Macassar, appointed as managers
1884 WG Smith & John Pitman, Hong Kong; registered at Hong Kong; renamed MARY AUSTIN
1887 Creasy Evans, Hong Kong; registered at Penang
1891 Lee Thong Sen, Penang
1891 Lee Phee Yeow, Penang
1894 Khaw Joo Gee, Penang
1903 Owners restyled as Koe Guan & Co
1907 Owners restyled as Eastern Shipping Co Ltd
07/04/1918 Sank
Comments: 07/04/1918: Sank after a collision at Penang