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| 95956 |
1889 |
Palmers Jarrow, UK |
2792 |
325 |
40.4 |
24 |
Sold 1905
Wrecked 1907 |
| Capt Colin McDonald - Master 1897 - 1899 |
The third of Currie's steamers was built by Palmers & Co., in 1889.
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| 1899 |
03.01.1899 - Arrived Sydney, C McDonald Master. Unloaded:
1432 bls gunnies, 2 bgs rice, 695 pkgs tea, 40 bgs rape seed, 12 rls coir matting, 13 bgs dholl, 21 bdls coir mats, 675 cs and 60 drums castor oil, and sundries. |
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04.01.1899 - Sailed Sydney for Newcastle to load coal for Melbourne, Singapore and Calcutta, C McDonald Master. |
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14.03.1899 - Arrived Sydney, C McDonald Master. |
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15.03.1899 - Sailed Sydney for Manila via Newcastle and Brisbane. |
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20.03.1899 - Arrived Brisbane, C McDonald Master. |
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12.04.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Singapore, C McDonald Master. Loaded:
5 cs brandy, 6 pps tallow, 20 cs butter 7 cs cheese ISO cs biscuits 21 horses, 603 sheep 10 tons chaff, 3 tons bran, 6 tons hay, 7 cs fruit, 25 bags oats 200 qr-sks 2 cs flour, 4 pkgs merchandise and original cargo from Sydney and Newcastle still on board. |
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19.04.1999 - Sailed Manila, J Curry Master.
Age, Saturday 13 May 1899, page 8
While at Manila fighting was in progress, the rebel lines being only 2 miles away, so that a splendid view of operations was obtained from the vessel's deck.
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28.04.1899 - Arrived Thursday Island, J Curry Master. |
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06.05.1899 - Arrived Newcastle, J Curry Master. Loaded:
Coal. |
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12.05.1899 - Arrived Melbourne, J Curry Master. Loaded:
100 horses and a large quantity of general merchandise for Singapore, Batavia, Samarang and Sourabaya. |
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10.10.1899 - Sailed Calcutta for Australia via Singapore. |
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17.11.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney and Singapore, J Curry Master. Loaded:
20 cs tinned butter 10 cs cheese 3 cs biscuits, 1 pkg merchandise and part of original cargo from Singapore
and Calcutta. |
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20.11.1899 - Arrived Sydney, J Curry Master. |
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