Namesake Brisbane Decommissioned 10 October 1881 Length 86 m Beam 9.815 m | Yard number 110 Launched 1874 Depth 5.36 m Builder A. & J. Inglis | |
Owner Eastern & Australian Mail Steamship Co Ltd Commissioned 21 October 1874 Registered at London Fate Struck Fish Reef off Quail Island, 26 miles from Port Darwin while heading there with cargo from Hong Kong. All passengers and crew were landed safely but within a fortnight the stranded Brisbane had broken her back and had to be abandoned. | ||
SS Brisbane was an 85.8 metres long passenger, cargo and mail ship, built by A & J Inglis, Pointhouse, Glasgow, launched in 1874. It was owned by the Eastern & Australian Mail Steamship Co Ltd.
On 10 October 1881 it struck the Fish Reef near Quail Island, 26 miles from Port Darwin, while heading there with cargo from Hong Kong. All passengers and crew were landed safely. However within a fortnight the stranded Brisbane had broken her back and had to be abandoned.
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