Name: | TAMAR |
Launched: | |
Completed: | 1854 |
Builder: | Miller, Ravenhill & Salkeld, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 139grt, 58nrt, 99.5 x 18.7 x 10.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (36.5 x 36ins), jet condensing, 70nhp |
Engines By: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 32221 |
History: | |
21/12/1854 | Edward Barnard, London |
1855 | Government of Tasmania, Launceston |
1863 | Launceston Marine Board; registered at Launceston |
1889 | John Philp, Hobart; registered at Hobart |
1890 | The Mersey Marine Board, Mersey, Tasmania |
1893 | Abandoned |
Comments: | 12/05/1855: Arrived at Hobart |
Used as both a tug & river steamer on the river Tamar | |
1888: Operating on the Huon river | |
1889: Refitted at Hobart as a passenger & cargo boat | |
1890: Operating on the Mersey river (Tasmania) | |
1893: Abandoned on a river bank at West Devonport | |
1967: Remains demolished |