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Name: ELEANOR
Launched: 23/01/1864
Completed: 04/1864
Builder: Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 167grt, 99nrt, 130.3 x 20.2 x 10.6ft
Engines: 2cyl (30 & 30 x ?ins), 80nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle; (1918: Sail, rigged as a Schooner)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 49613
History:
03/05/1864 William Wells, Port Adelaide, Australia; registered at Newcastle, UK
1864 Registered at Port Adelaide
09/1872 Thomas Elder & William W Hughes, Port Adelaide
04/1878 Adelaide Steam Tug Co Ltd, Port Adelaide
08/1896 WR Cave & Co, Port Adelaide
07/1897 McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co Ltd, Adelaide
07/1900 William R Cave, Adelaide
1916 John R Cave, Port Adelaide
05/1919 Simes & Martin, Port Adelaide
10/1920 PH Martin, Port Adelaide
1928 Sidney C Loveder, Port Adelaide; registered at Melbourne
18/02/1930 Sank
Comments: 09/1896 to 1900: Worked at Freemantle
1921: Converted to a 3 masted sailing schooner
18/02/1930: Wrecked on a reef off Kirkby Island, Spencer's Gulf, SA
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details