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Name: GOOLWA launched as GUSTAV
Launched: 12/12/1863
Completed: 02/1864
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 144
Dimensions: 214grt, 139nrt, 130.0 x 21.1 x 10.3ft
Engines: 2cyl, 90nhp
Engines by: J Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 48675
History:
02/02/1864 Frederick Levi & Co, Port Adelaide, Australia; registered at London
1867 JW Smith & T Hesselton; registered at Port Adelaide
08/1870 T Hesselton, Sydney; registered at Sydney
01/1874 H Finch & Partners: registered at Newcastle NSW
01/1876 Newcastle Co-op Tug Co Ltd, Newcastle NSW
06/1878 John Brown (A & J Brown), Newcastle NSW
06/1905 J O'Connor, Newcastle NSW
1919 Derelict
No further history known
Comments: 16/02/1864: Sailed from Shields for Australia
07/1864: Arrived in Australia under sail
03/09/1864: Ran trials, having been fitted with passenger accommodation
06/1905: Presumably acquired for scrap, but eventually sank at her moorings in 1919
1919: Raised & run onto a river bank near Hexham on the Hunter River & abandoned
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details


Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey