Category:Hesketh (ship, 1883)

Ship edit

• Type: General cargo ship
• Built by: Queenstown & Passage West Dock Co, Queenstown Ireland
• Yard No: 2
• Keel laid:
• Launched:
• Completed: 1883
• Length over all: 180 ft 4 in
• Beam: 28 ft 1 in
• GRT: 640
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History edit

• 1883 Named Hesketh; Flag: Australia
  • Official number: 89225
  • Port: Sydney
  • Owner: Australian Steam Navigation Company
• 1887 Company became Australasian United Steam Navigation Co.
• 1890.07 Collided with Royal Shepherd near South Head, Port Jackson; the other ship sank
• 1897 Sold to New Zealand Shipping Co
  • Chartered as a collier
• 1899.10.26 Wrecked in Greymouth New Zealand