Name Eastminster Tons burthen 1145 tons; 1208 tons Length 69 m | Owner E.W. Berryman Fate Lost February 1888 Launched June 1876 Draft 6.22 m | |
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Class and type Full-rigged iron-hulled ship | ||
Eastminster was an iron full-rigged ship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1876. She operated as an emigrant vessel.
Eastminster was last seen departing Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, after ignoring a warning from the harbor pilot, heading out to sea in a rising gale on 17 February 1888, bound for Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Eastminster was presumed lost during a tropical cyclone that passed through the area immediately afterward. Her wreckage was reported on a coral reef in the Capricorn and Bunker Group in the Coral Sea approximately 100 [nautical mile]]s (185 km) east of Rockhampton, Queensland.
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