Omeo 1858

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Name:	OMEO
Type:	Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched:	11/08/1858
Completed:	1858
Builder:	Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	21
Dimensions:	732grt, 605nrt, 212.0 x 30.3 x 16.5ft; (1867: 821grt)
Engines:	2cyl, 120nhp
Engines by:	R Morrison & Co, Ouseburn, Newcastle
Propulsion:	1 x Screw & rigged as a Barque; (1881: Sail only, Jackass Rig)
Construction:	Iron
Reg Number:	40338
History:
20/07/1859	McMeckan, Blackwood & Co, Melbourne
1880	Nipper & See, Sydney
09/1880	William Howard Smith, Melbourne
1895	North Queensland Insurance Co Ltd
1896	Connor & Doherty, Freemantle
11/09/1905	Wrecked

Comments:	1858: Fitted with a lifting screw so she could be used as a pure sailing ship
	1867: Extended passenger accommodation
	1881: Engines removed, converted to 4 masted sailing ship for cargo only
	05/10/1881: Collided with & destroyed the Swan Spit Lighthouse, near Melbourne
	31/10/1895: Blown ashore whilst loading at Hamelin Bay, Western Australia
	1895: Acquired by insurers
	17/03/1896: Refloated
	1896: Converted to a coal hulk
	11/09/1905: Blown ashore & wrecked at Coogee Beach, Western Australia