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Name: BOKO
Launched: 01/03/1877
Completed: 03/1877
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard Number: 178
Dimensions: 203grt, 70nrt, 125.0 x 21.1 x 10.4ft; (1917: 213grt 197nrt)
Engines: 2 x SL1cyl (73 & 73 x 54ins), Grasshopper type, 99nhp
Engines by: Thompson & Co, Newcastle
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 76494
History:
01/05/1877 Heywood Bright, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool
1877 Frederick Hamilton Hart, Brisbane
1879 Registered at Brisbane
1898 Reginald Bright & Francis Keating, Melbourne
1903 Brisbane Tug Co Ltd, Brisbane
1911 Brisbane Tug & Steamship Co Ltd, Brisbane
1917 Hugh Peters & Albert Slack (Peters Slipway), Brisbane
1949 Beached
Comments: 1917: Converted to a lighter
1949: Dismantled & the remains are beached in Aquarium Passage, Gibson Island, Brisbane River
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details


Above photo is courtesy of Buster J Browne

Above photo is courtesy of Buster J Browne

Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Queensland

Above photo is copyright of the State Library of Queensland