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Itata (1883)

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Name
  
Itata

Identification
  
Official Number 87910

Length
  
62 m

Port of registry
  
Liverpool

Launched
  
1883

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Owner
  
Newark Shipping Company

Builder
  
R. & J. Evans, Liverpool

Fate
  
Scuttled in Middle Harbour.

Itata was a three-masted iron barque built by R & J Evans, Liverpool in 1883. She was severely damaged by a fire in her hold at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, in 1906. Her hulk was towed to Sydney and was scuttled in Saltpan Creek, Middle Harbour.

Fate

While awaiting loading of one hold with coal alongside a wharf, she was severely damaged by fire at Newcastle, 12 January 1906 after another hold with a nitrate cargo caught fire. The resultant fire and explosions bowed and twisted her iron hull. Her hulk was towed to Sydney for use as a hulk, however was too badly damaged and was scuttled in Saltpan Creek, Middle Harbour.

References

Itata (1883) Wikipedia