Wendouree (1882)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name: | Wendouree |
| Owner: | Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd, Geelong |
| Port of registry: | 15/1882 |
| Route: | Newcastle to Adelaide |
| Builder: | S & H Morton & Co., Leith, Scotland |
| Launched: | 1882 |
| Identification: | 84943 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 20 July 1898 Newcastle, New South Wales, Oyster Bank |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Steel Steamer Screw |
| Tonnage: | 1,640 GT |
| Displacement: | 1,066 NT |
| Length: | 83.45 m |
| Beam: | 11.06 m |
| Draught: | 5.882 m |
| Propulsion: | Compound engine |
| Complement: | 24 |
Wendouree was a steel steamship built as a collier by S & H Morton & Co., Leith, Scotland for Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. She was later refitted to carry passengers for the Melbourne to Sydney run.
She was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at the mouth of the Hunter River while leaving Newcastle for Adelaide on 20 July 1898. She was carrying 1850 Tons of coal and grounded on a bar.
Online Database's
Australian National Shipwreck Database[1]
Australian Shipping - Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968 including shipwrecks [2]
Encyclopaedia of Australian Shipwrecks - New South Wales Shipwrecks [3]
Books
Coordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E
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