| Name: | SURAT |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 07/03/1863 |
| Completed: | 03/1863 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 125 |
| Dimensions: | 1000nrt, 201.5 x 32.1 x 21.7ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 45879 |
| History: | |
| 31/03/1863 | Shallcross & Co, Liverpool |
| 01/01/1874 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 31/12/1873: Struck a submerged reef at Chasland’s Mistake on Catlin’s Coast east |
| of Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand | |
| 01/01/1874: Floated clear but had developed a major leak, so was deliberately run ashore to prevent sinking | |
| Later became a total wreck on the beach, now called Surat Bay | |
| On a voyage from London to Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand | |
| Cargo of railway iron and 271 x emigrants from the UK. No lives lost |
Above photo is copyright of Allan C Green