Port Jackson

A four-masted iron ship build in 1882 by A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, to the design Alexander Duthie. Dimensions: 87,22×12,51×7,67 meters [286'2"×41'1"×25'2"] and tonnage 2212 GRT and 2132 NRT. Rigged with royal sails above double top and topgallant sails.

1882 August: Launched at the shipyard of A. Hall & Co., Aberdeen, for W. Duthie, Aberdeen. The cost for ship was £29.000. Assigned the Official British No. 84362 and signal QPLM. Captain B. Crombie.
1882: Sailed from the English Channel to Sydney in 77 days,
1906: Sold to Devitt & Moore, London. Captain A.S. Cutler.
1906 May 4: Captain G. Perkins Ward late of the barque Earl Cadogan was given command as Captain Cutler died before it was time to sail.
1906 May 30: Collided with the Hamburg-Levant Line steamer Pyrgos in the English Channel and received damaged above the waterline. Was towed back to the South West India Docks for repairs.
1906 June 28 - November 1: Sailed from Gravesend to Sydney in 126 days.
1907 January 10: Sailed from Sydney to Gravesend in 100 days.
1907: Captain Charles Maitland, late of the same owner's ship Illawarra, succeeded Captain Ward.
1916: Sold to Hessler & Co., West Hartlepool, for £8600. Captain Maitland was replaced by the first mate G.R. Masters.
1917 April 28: Sunk by a German submarine some 180 miles WtN of Fastnet at 51°N, 16°20'W on voyage Buenos Aires to Cork. The British destroyer Narwal saved 15 men of the crew.

Updated 1997-05-07 by Lars Bruzelius.

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