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Austral (1881)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	StateLibQld 1 133561 Austral (ship).jpg
image_caption	Austral
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	Austral
owner	Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow
builder	John Elder & Co., Govan
yard_number	245
launched	21 December 1881
fate	Broken up at Genoa in 1903.
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage	5524 grt, 5588 after refit
displacement	9500 LT
length	470 ft
depth	37 ft
power	9000 hp

''Austral'' settled on the bottom of Sydney Harbour in November 1882.

Austral was a passenger ship built by John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 21 December 1881 for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, Glasgow. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia.

She sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay, off Kirribilli Point in Sydney Harbour on 11 November 1882. Five crew were killed in the incident. The ship was refloated on 1 March 1883. She subsequently sailed to Glasgow for refit.

She was chartered to Anchor Line for 7 months during 1884 for the Liverpool to New York passenger route arriving back at Neutral Bay in 1885.

Fate

Austral arrived for breaking up at Genoa on 27 May 1903.

References

(13 November 1882). "SINKING OF THE S.S. AUSTRAL.". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(1980). "A Century of Ships in Sydney Harbour". Rigby.
(2 March 1883). "The Austral".
(28 February 1883). "TELEGRAMS.". [[Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate]].
(3 January 1885). "ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL.". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].
(21 February 1884). "THE S.S. AUSTRAL.". [[The Sydney Morning Herald]].

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