Name: | BOKO |
Launched: | 01/03/1877 |
Completed: | 03/1877 |
Builder: | Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 178 |
Dimensions: | 203grt, 70nrt, 125.0 x 21.1 x 10.4ft; (1917: 213grt 197nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (73 & 73 x 54ins), Grasshopper type, 99nhp |
Engines by: | Thompson & Co, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 76494 |
History: | |
01/05/1877 | Heywood Bright, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
1877 | Frederick Hamilton Hart, Brisbane |
1879 | Registered at Brisbane |
1898 | Reginald Bright & Francis Keating, Melbourne |
1903 | Brisbane Tug Co Ltd, Brisbane |
1911 | Brisbane Tug & Steamship Co Ltd, Brisbane |
1917 | Hugh Peters & Albert Slack (Peters Slipway), Brisbane |
1949 | Beached |
Comments: | 1917: Converted to a lighter |
1949: Dismantled & the remains are beached in Aquarium Passage, Gibson Island, Brisbane River | |
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details |
Above photo is courtesy of Buster J Browne
Above photo is courtesy of Buster J Browne
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Queensland
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Queensland