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Official Number Date Builder Tonnage L B D Fate
95956 1889

Palmers Jarrow, UK

2792 325 40.4 24

Sold 1905

Wrecked 1907

Capt Colin McDonald - Master 1897 - 1899

The third of Currie's steamers was built by Palmers & Co., in 1889.

   
1893  
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  20.07.1893 - Sailed Sourabaya, E Johnson Master.
   
  25.07.1893 - Sailed Kalbonet, E Johnson Master.
   
  30.07.1893 - Sailed Panaroekan (Situbondo), E Johnson Master.
   
 

13.08.1893 - Arrived Melbourne, E Johnson Master. Unloaded:

3,100 tons sugar.

   
  01.10.1893 - Sailed Calcutta, E Johnson Master.
   
  11.10.1893 - Sailed Singapore, E Johnson Master.
   
  22.10.1893 - Sailed Albany, E Johnson Master.
   
  28.10.1893 - Sailed Adelaide, E Johnson Master.
   
 

30.10.1893 - Arrived Melbourne, E Johnson Master. Unloaded:

4,456 bls gunnies 600 cs castor oil 62 drums oil, 67 bags myrobalans 54cs nutmegs 212 bags sago flour, 12 cs mace, 3,080 chts tea 54 cs chutney, 10 bls cotton, 23 cs sundries, 735 bags tapioca, and 10 bags pepper.

   
   
   
   
   
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