SS Penola
SS Perth, formerly SS Penola was a 350 GRT steamship operated by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Penola was notable for ramming and sinking SS City of Launceston, a passenger steamship, in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 1865. Renamed Perth, the steamship ran aground and was wrecked off Point Cloates in Western Australia on 17 September 1887.[1][2]
.jpg.webp) Penola rescues survivors of City of Launceston | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Name: | Penola |
| Owner: | Grice, Sumner & Co, Melbourne |
| Port of registry: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Builder: | Laurence Hill & Company Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 45 |
| Launched: | June 1863 |
| Refit: | 1885 |
| Identification: | 48408 |
| Notes: | Notable for ramming and sinking the passenger steamer City of Launceston, 19 November 1865 |
| Australia | |
| Name: | Perth |
| Namesake: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Owner: |
 Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. |
| Port of registry: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| In service: | 1885 |
| Out of service: | 17 September 1887 |
| Renamed: | Perth |
| Fate: | Sank of Point Cloates, Western Australia, 17 September 1887 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cargo and passenger ship |
| Tonnage: | 350 GRT |
| Length: | 192 ft 1 in (58.55 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Depth: | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 cylinder 80 hp (60 kW) steam engine |
| Sail plan: | Schooner-rigged on two masts |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
See also
References
- "WRECK OF THE S.S. PENOLA". The Border Watch. XXV (2488). South Australia. 21 September 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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