Category:Tamar (ship, 1833)

Ship[edit]

• Type: River paddle steamer passenger/cargo
• Built by: James McMillan, Greenock, Dellingburn yard
• Yard No:
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1833
• Length over all: 96 ft 3 in
• Beam: 17 ft 8 in
• GRT: 88
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History[edit]

• 1833 Named Tamar; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Official number: 32543
  • Port: Glasgow
  • Owner: Robert Napier, Glasgow
• 1834.01 Sold to Archibald Thomson (Tamar Steam Navigation Co), Launceston
  • Arrived 1834.09.08
• 1834.12 Sold to John T Wilson & T Burdekin, Sydney
  • Port: Sydney
  • 1836 Lengthened by 30 ft at Russell's yard, Bass Wharf, Pyrmont, 200 GRT
• 1840.10 Sold to General Steam Navigation Co, Sydney
• 1842.09 Sold to Hunter River Steam Navigation Co
• 1851 Company became Australasian Steam Navigation Co, Sydney
• 1861 Sold to Alexander & J Brown, Northumberland NSW
  • 1863 Converted to tug/passenger vessel
• 1866.02 Sold to William Farthing
• 1866.12 Sold to Stephen Foyle, Newcastle NSW
• 1873.01.11 Wrecked at Bugaree Noreh, Cabbage Tree Bay, near Newcastle NSW