Name Wendouree Route Newcastle to Adelaide Launched 1882 | Port of registry 15/1882 Identification 84943 Weight 0.4835 tons | |
Owner Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd, Geelong Builder S & H Morton & Co., Leith, Scotland | ||
Wendouree was a steel steamship built as a collier by S & H Morton & Co., Leith, Scotland for Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd. She was later refitted to carry passengers for the Melbourne to Sydney run.
Fate
She was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at the mouth of the Hunter River while leaving Newcastle for Adelaide on 20 July 1898. She was carrying 1850 Tons of coal and grounded on a bar.
References
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