Name Perth Launched June 1863 | In service 1885 Length 59 m | |
Namesake Perth, Western Australia Owner Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. Port of registry Adelaide, South Australia Builder Laurence Hill & Co., Glashow | ||
SS Perth, formerly SS Penola was a 350 GRT steamship operated by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Penola was notable for ramming and sinking the SS City of Launceston, a passenger steamship, in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 1865. Renamed Perth, the steamship ran aground and was wrecked off Point Cloates in Western Australia on 17 September 1887.
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