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