Lucinda (steamboat)
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Lucinda c1885
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| Name: | Lucinda |
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| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Cost: | £13,000 |
| Yard number: | 292 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1884 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1884 |
| Completed: | 20 December 1884 |
| Fate: | hulked as a breakwater |
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| Type: | Paddle steam yacht |
| Tonnage: | 301 gross tons, 148 net register tons |
| Length: | 172.6 ft (53 m) registered |
| Beam: | 25.1 ft (8 m) |
| Draught: | 6.2 ft (2 m) |
| Depth: | 9.2 ft (3 m) |
| Propulsion: | steam compound oscillating 114nhp, paddle |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
The Lucinda was a Queensland Government owned, 301 ton paddle steamer built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1884.
The Queensland Government ordered Lucinda from the Scottish shipyard of William Denny & Brothers at Dumbarton in January 1884 to replace an earlier steam yacht Kate from 1864. She was designed as a paddle yacht and lighthouse tender with a steel hull of 180 feet length overall, 25 feet beam and 9½ feet depth; the steamer measured 301 gross registered tons and had a service draught of 6 ft 3in. Her two side paddles were powered by an oscillating two-cylinder compound engine of 114 nhp, made by Denny, and she was equipped with electric light. She had a female figurehead and her accommodation was well fitted out. The press reported that "Although technically designated as only as lighthouse tender, the Lucinda is in reality one of the most magnificent upholstered and effectively equipped steamers afloat." The forward saloon was fitted with sofas and could be converted to sleep 20 passengers, while the aft saloon was designed for social events. The specification notes that "an oval shaped deck opening in centre, with stained glass skylight, afforded light and ventilation" and that the "aft part of the deckhouse was fitted up as a ladies' ante-room, with side panels of japanese tapestry." There was also a smoking room in the forward deckhouse.
Lucinda was named in honour of Lady Jeannie Lucinda Musgrave (née Field), second wife of Governor Sir Anthony Musgrave. She was steamed out to Australia via Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, Aden and Batavia, departing the Clyde on 17 January 1885 and arriving at Brisbane on 7 May.
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