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Name: SOUTHLAND
Launched: 13/08/1864
Completed: 1864
Builder: Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker
Yard Number: 123
Dimensions: 143grt, 87nrt, 130.0 x 19.0 x 9.3ft
Engines: 2 x 1cyl (32 x 48ins), grasshopper type, 80nhp
Engines By: Thompson, Boyd & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 52347
History:
1864 Provincial Government of Southland, Invercargill, New Zealand
29/07/1867 James Spence, Hokitika, New Zealand; registered at Melbourne
08/10/1867 John Spence, David Spence & James Spence, Melbourne
21/09/1868 Newcastle Co-operative Steam Tug Co Ltd; registered at Newcastle
17/07/1872 Re-registered at Newcastle
30/07/1876 Sank
Comments: Originally intended as a passenger ferry, became a tug in later life.
01/1867: Stationed at Bluff Harbour
25/09/1868: Arrived at Newcastle
16/04/1870: Simultaneously towed 5 small sailing vessels in Newcastle Harbour
24/03/1871: Badly damaged after collision in Newcastle Harbour with the collier SAXONIA
30/07/1876: Sank off Newcastle after colliding with the collier WARATAH (182grt/1884)
Thanks to Buster J Browne for providing the above details