Name: | WONIORA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Keel: | 12/02/1863 |
Launched: | 16/04/1863 |
Completed: | 09/05/1863 (trials) |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 20 |
Dimensions: | 226grt, 160nrt, 250dwt, 141.0 x 20.1 x 10.4ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (30 & 30 x 24ins), 90nhp |
Engines by: | J Thompson, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.75knots |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 46448 |
History: | |
1863 | Lloyd, & McArthur, London |
1863 | Lloyd & Co ( Bulli Coal Mining Co), Sydney |
28/10/1882 | Sank |
Comments: | Raised quarter deck type with engines aft and rigged as a three |
masted schooner for passage to Australia | |
Built for the Newcastle NSW to Sydney coal and coasting trade | |
Contract price £6800; Profit £620 | |
28/10/1882: Foundered off Botany in exceptionally bad weather. |