Name: | ST LAWRENCE or SAINT LAWRENCE |
Type: | Sailing Vessel |
Launched: | 26/03/1861 |
Completed: | 04/1861 |
Builder: | Thomas & William Smith |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 1094grt, 179.1 x 37.4 x 21.4ft |
Engines: | None |
Engines by: | n/a |
Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1878: rigged as a Barque) |
Construction: | Wood |
Reg Number: | 29115 |
History: | |
27/04/1861 | Thomas Eustace Smith, Gosforth |
16/07/1865 | James Southern, London |
21/07/1865 | Thomas Eustace Smith, Gosforth |
09/11/1868 | James Southern, London & George Luckley, Newcastle |
19/09/1877 | Thomas Eustace Smith & George Luckley, Gosforth |
09/08/1880 | John Arnott, Cork |
02/11/1881 | Maklon Clarke Colishaw, Sydney |
1888 | James Riddle Muirhead, Sydney |
1889 | John Moir |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 09/08/1876: James Southern died |
03/1889: Demasted in a storm whilst on passage from Newcastle (NSW) to Fremantle | |
1889: Declared a constructive total loss & sold by the insurance company | |
1889: Used as a hulk at Albany | |
09/1898: Destroyed by fire in Albany harbour | |
1977: Remains discovered during dredging operations |
Above photo is copyright of the AD Edwardes Collection