Passenger/cargo steamship built by Palmers, Jarrow for Archibald Currie & Co, Melbourne.
| 1898 |
16.06.1898 - Launched by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co for Archibald Currie & Co of Melbourne. Completed in August |
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16.08.1898 - Sailed from the Tyne for Melbourne via India. She was commanded on her Delivery voyage by Commodore-Master Capt Curry. |
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11.09.1898 - Arrived Colombo. |
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17.09.1898 - Sailed Colombo. |
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22.09.1898 - Arrived Calcutta. |
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07.10.1898 - Sailed Calcutta. |
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28.10.1898 - Arrived Adelaide. |
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31.10.1898 - Arrived Melbourne |
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05.11.1898 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney. |
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08.11.1898 - Arrived Sydney from Melbourne. |
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10.11.1889 - Sailed Sydney for Newcastle. |
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15.11.1898 - Sailed Newcastle for Singapore via Melbourne with a cargo of 4,300 tons of coal. |
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16.11.1898 - Passed Gabo Island sailing west at 1:45 p.m. |
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17.11.1898 - Arrived Melbourne 11 p.m. |
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04.12.1898 - While taking passage through The Bangka Strait, Euryalus, Under the command of Capt Curry (the Commodore of the line) ran aground in soft mud off Cape Lalari. To read an account of the grounding taken from newspaper reports of the day, click here. |
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15.12.1898 - Euryalus was eventually backed off the mud bank at 6:20 a.m. without assistance to continue her journey to Singapore. |
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17.12.1898 - Euryalus docked at New Harbour, Singapore to be dry docked for a hull inspection. |
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| 1899 |
04.01.1899 - Euryalus sailed out of the dry dock and was brought alongside the wharf to complete her repairs. That evening she steamed to the Roads |
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14.01.1899 - Sailed Samarang, Capt Curry Master. |
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22.01.1899 - Rounded Cape Leuwin. |
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27.01.1899 - Arrived Melbourne at 1 p.m., cargo included 4,000 baskets of sugar. |
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04.02.1899 - Arrived Sydney from Melbourne. |
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07.02.1899 - Arrived Newcastle from Sydney, Capt Curry Master. |
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15.02.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Calcutta. |
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03.04.1899 - Sailed Calcutta. |
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10.04.1899 - Arrived Singapore. |
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14.04.1899 - Sailed Singapore. |
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23.04.1899 - Rounded Cape Leuwin. |
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02.05.1899 - Arrived Melbourne. |
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05.05.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney Cargo included:- 600 pkgs of powder, a quantity of Gelignite. |
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10.05.1899 - Sailed Sydney. |
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19.05.1899 - Sailed Melbourne. |
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04.08.1899 - Sailed Calcutta, C. McDonald Master. |
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11.08.1899 - Sailed Singapore. |
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27.08.1899 - Arrived Adelaide. |
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28.08.1899 - Sailed Adelaide For Melbourne. |
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28.08.1899 - Passed Wilsons Promontory sailing East 9:20 a.m. |
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30.08.1899 - Arrived Melbourne around 4p.m. and proceeded up the river to No. 16 shed South Wharf. Cargo included:- 400 cs castor oil, 3,549 cs, hf-cs, &c, tea, 2,951 bls gunnies, 1,425 cs linseed oil, 12 bls coir mats, 400 pkgs Myrobalans, 5 cs rum, 36 cs rattans, 312 cs tapioca, 26 cs chairs, 15 cs nutmegs, 4 cs gum, 6 cs couches, 2 chts shellac. |
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02.09.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney, C. McDonald Master. |
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15.09.1899 - Arrived Melbourne from Newcastle, C. McDonald Master. |
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28.09.1899 - Arrived Melbourne from Sydney, C. McDonald Master. |
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04.10.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Sydney. |
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06.10.1899- Arrived Sydney. |
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07.10.1899 - Sailed Sydney, C. McDonald Master. |
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14.10.1899 - Sailed Melbourne for Calcutta. Cargo for for Madras and Calcutta:- 180 cs biscuits, 3 sks flour, 45 tons bran, 270 tons chalf, 200 sks 300 bags oats, 3 cs sheep tongues, 100 cs Jams, 500 horses, 21 pkgs merchandise. |
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02.12.1899 - Sailed Calcutta, C. McDonald Master. |
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18.12.1899 - Rounded Cape Leeuwin. |
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22.12.1899 - Arrived Adelaide and discharged 2000 tons of cargo. |
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25.12.1899 - Passed Cape Otway at 4 p.m. |
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26.12.1899 - Arrived Melbourne and proceeded to a berth at North Wharf. Passengers included Mrs McDonald and Master McDonald. |
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| 1900 |
13.01.1900 - Col Tom Price's 2nd Victoria Mounted Rifles sailed in ss. Euryalus, commanded by Capt Colin McDonald, bound for the Boer War. |
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18.01.1900 - Called in at Albany to land 2 soldiers. |
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05.02.1900 - Arrived Cape Town. |
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16.02.1900 - During a meeting of the South Australian Marine Board it was noted : Messrs. Muecke & Co. forwarded cheque in settlement of the expenses incurred in connection with a mooring buoy, which was sunk by the steamer Euryalus. |
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10.03.1900 - The 3rd Bushman's contingent (Victoria Mounted Rifles Regiment) followed in the same vessel on her return to Melbourne. |
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03.04.1900 - Arrived Capetown. |
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05.05.1900 - Sailed Durban. |
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25.05.1900 - Passed Cape Otway at 11.30 a.m. arriving at Port Phillip heads at 5:30p.m., Arriving at the the Port Melbourne Town Pier at 11 p.m. |
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07.06.1900 - A Luncheon was held aboard the troopship Euryalus, this was attended by the Victorian Premier, The Honourable Allan McLean and the Minister for defence Mr Donald Melville. Mr Melville presented Capt McDonald with 2 silver epergnes as a mark of appreciation of the government for his contributions to the South African War effort. |
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| 1901 |
08.03.1901 - Arrived Sydney. |
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17.02.1901 - Arrived Newcastle from Sydney, C. McDonald Master. |
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25.05.1901 - Arrived Newcastle. |
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31.05.1901 - Arrived Sydney from Newcastle en route to Melbourne, Madras and Calcutta. |
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22.09.1901 - Sailed Calcutta, C. McDonald Master. |
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24.09.1901 - Sailed Colombo. |
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22.10.1901 - Arrived Adelaide, unloaded 1000 ton of cargo. |
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25.10.1901 - Arrived Melbourne, Cargo included:- two tigers, several smaller animals, some vultures and eagles. The following are the officers:— Master C. McDonald, Chief Officer M. P. Sinclair, Second Officer Allan E, Cain, Third Officer D. W. Hislop, Chief Engineer J. P. Morrison, Second Engineer A. Donaldson,Third Engineer J. Cramond, Fourth Engineer G. Wire. |
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05.11.1901 - Arived Newcastle from Sydney, C. McDonald Master. |
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| 1902 |
28.02.1902 - Arrived Melbourne, C. McDonald Master. |
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18.03.1902 - Arrived Rockhampton to load 314 horses and 27 cows and calves for South Africa. |
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19.07.1902 - Sailed Melbourne, cargo included 40 race horses for India. Included in the shipment was be Caledonia, Dandy, Hoop Iron, Glen Albyn, Peppercorn, Clanside, Yellow and Black, Malva, Dundee, Cretonne, Certitude, Kingston, California, The Labourer and Sorela. |
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21.10.1902 - Arrived Melbourne direct from Calcutta, C. McDonald Master. |
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05.04.1903 - Arrived Sydney from Melbourne. When proceeding up the harbour Euryalus ran aground on a sandbank off Georges Head. She remained hard and fast for an hour, but shortly before midnight was floated off and taken to a berth at the Central Wharf. To read the Captains account of the grounding , click here. |
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14.04.1903 - Passed Thursday Island bound for Java. |
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29.10-1903 - Arrived Newcastle from Sydney |
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| 1907 |
09.11.1907 - The Currle liner Euryalus, Inward bound from Calcutta, sank the Warung, one of Mr. James Wallace's fleet of tugs, which was In attendance assisting In berthing the big vessel. The warung, while manoeuvring to get a hawser aboard from the Euryalus, by some means or other got across tho bows of the former vessel, and was rolled over, sinking in deep water midway between the White Star wharf and tho Australian Gaslight Company's wharf, all hands were saved. |
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| 1908 |
14.01.1908 - Marine enquiry regarding the collision between Euryalus and Warung found : That no blame was attributable to anyone on the Euryalus, and that allthough it might be said the master of the Warung might have acted with more caution, there was nothing before the court to justify it in dealing with his certificate. |
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| 1913 |
Aquired by the British India Steam Navigation Co in with the rest of the Currie fleet. |
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| 1923 |
03.12.1923 - Scrapped at Genoa. |
