Name: | QUEENSLAND |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 30/09/1875 |
Completed: | 1875 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 320 |
Dimensions: | 2263grt, 1437nrt, 325.3 x 36.7 x 25.0ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (46 & 80 x 48ins), 300hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 73605 |
History: | |
04/01/1876 | Eastern & Australian Mail Steamship Co Ltd, London |
03/08/1876 | Sank |
Comments: | Accommodation for 48 x 1st Class, 80 x 2nd Class and many emigrants |
Indended for the Singapore to Sydney NSW route | |
03/08/1876: Sank after a collision with BARRABOOL when 16 miles NExE | |
of Wilson's Promontory in the Bass Strait | |
On a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney in ballast | |
BARRABOOL was built by Palmers at Jarrow in 1874 |
Jarrow Express, Saturday, 02/10/1875
Globe, Monday, 25/09/1876