PERTH

Australian

Built 1897 - 1921

MELBOURNE STEAMSHIP Company Limited

1,799 gross tons, 1,126 net.

Lbd 264' x 37' x 16'7".

Steel steamship powered by triple expansion steam engines producing 181 nautical horsepower.

Built by S P Austin & Son Ltd., Sunderland for the Melbourne Steamship Co Ltd., Melbourne.

Was the first purpose built passenger - cargo vessel constructed for this concern.

Operated on the run to Fremantle in passenger - cargo capacity taking in smaller ports along the way. Since, she traded regularly between Australia and New Zealand carrying timber.

Bound for Sydney, she ran aground at North Tiphead, Greymouth , New Zealand, 21st November 1921. A total wreck

Details: Flotilla Australia (John Hoskings) http://www.flotilla-australia.com/

Photo Credits: The Victorian State Library Vic.