Name: | ELEANOR |
Launched: | 23/01/1864 |
Completed: | 04/1864 |
Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 147 |
Dimensions: | 167grt, 99nrt, 130.3 x 20.2 x 10.6ft |
Engines: | 2cyl (30 & 30 x ?ins), 80nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle; (1918: Sail, rigged as a Schooner) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 49613 |
History: | |
03/05/1864 | William Wells, Port Adelaide, Australia; registered at Newcastle, UK |
1864 | Registered at Port Adelaide |
09/1872 | Thomas Elder & William W Hughes, Port Adelaide |
04/1878 | Adelaide Steam Tug Co Ltd, Port Adelaide |
08/1896 | WR Cave & Co, Port Adelaide |
07/1897 | McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co Ltd, Adelaide |
07/1900 | William R Cave, Adelaide |
1916 | John R Cave, Port Adelaide |
05/1919 | Simes & Martin, Port Adelaide |
10/1920 | PH Martin, Port Adelaide |
1928 | Sidney C Loveder, Port Adelaide; registered at Melbourne |
18/02/1930 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/1896 to 1900: Worked at Freemantle |
1921: Converted to a 3 masted sailing schooner | |
18/02/1930: Wrecked on a reef off Kirkby Island, Spencer's Gulf, SA | |
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details |