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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.

1892  
  25.02.1892 - Sailed Hong Kong.
   
  02.03.1892 - Arrived Singapore.
   
  05.03.1892 - Sailed Singapore.
   
  07.03.1892 - Arrived Cheribon.
   
  08.03.1892 - Sailed Cheribon.
   
  09.03.1892 - Arrived Samarang.
   
  10.03.1892 - Sailed Samarang.
   
  14.03.1892 - Sailed Sourabaya.
   
  23.03.1892 - Passed Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse at 18:00 sailing south.
   
 

30.03.1892 - Arrived Melbourne, E Johnson Master.? Unloaded:

260 tons rice, tapioca, sago, and spices from Singapore, 1,327 bls kapok, 500 tons sugar from Java.

   
 

??.??.1892 - Arrived Sydney. Unloaded:

260 tons rice, sago, and spices from Singapore and Hong Kong, and 20 bls kapok from Java.

   
  09.05.1892 - Sailed Calcutta, E Johnson Master.
   
  10.06.1892 - Sailed Singapore, E Johnson Master.
   
  27.06.1892 - Sailed Adelaide, E Johnson Master.
   
   
 

07.07.1892 - Sailed Melbourne, E Johnson Master. Loaded:

For Singapore: 65 horses

   
  09.07.1892 - Arrived Sydney, E Johnson Master.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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