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Name: BLACK EAGLE
Launched: 1852
Completed: 10/1852
Builder: John Bell, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 111grt, 42nrt, 87.5 x 17.1 x 9.7ft; (by 1871: 110grt, 40nrt)
Engines: 52nhp
Engines by: JP Almond, North Shields
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 43311
History:
19/10/1852 Anthony Strong, Joseph Hall, Andrew Brown and
Christopher & Thomas Barker, North Shields; registered at North Shields
27/09/1853 John & William Buchanan, Robert Barclay and James Watson, Glasgow
27/09/1853 Registered at Glasgow
04/05/1854 Alexander Dove & John Oswald, Melbourne; registered at Melbourne
09/1866 John Oswald & Daniel Inglis, Melbourne
by 1871 HR Reid & JC Poole, Melbourne
05/1872 Melbourne Towage Co, Melbourne
26/12/1884 Sank
Comments: 11/1853: Hull strengthened, paddles unshipped and
rigged as a schooner for passage to Melbourne
22/9/1854: Fleet sold at auction & Alexander Dove returned to England
26/12/1884: Sank alongside St Kilda Pier in Hobson's Bay, Victoria
Had been carrying passengers on an excursion to St Kilda
30/12/1884: Auctioned and sold for ten pounds to John Clark
Subsequently refloated, towed to Williamstown & dismantled
Remains sunk alongside Breakwater Pier at Williamstown