Steamer Telamon
The new steamer Telemon, which is making her maiden trip to Australia, was launched by Messrs. Workman, Clark, and Co., at Belfast, on November 11. This vessel has been built…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1905
290 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 15
Fastest Turbine Steamer in the World
The new record in naval construction, created by Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Limited, who, with their new Midland Company's steamer Manxman excelled in speed by about…
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The twin-screw steamer Kuranda, under charter by the Adelaide Steamship Company, and running in the Spencer Gulf trade, was due to reach Port Adelaide from Lincoln on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Vessel Wrecked
News has been received at Noumea that the French ship Haudaudine has been wrecked. The vessel was loaded with 3000 tons of nickel ore, and was bound from Kone to Glasgow. She…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pen=notes and Pencillings. a Proposal for Raising Wrecks at Sea
Adam Johnston is the name of the inventor of an apparatus for locating ships that have foundered at sea. According to his prospectus every vessel that sinks at sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Ferry Steamer
The new steamer Kulgoa, the largest ferry steamer plying on the waters of Port Jackson, was taken for a trial trip on Monday, and established a speed of 11 knots. The Kulgoa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barque Ashore at Westport
On the 28th of last month it was reported by cable that an unknown barque was ashore near the mouth of the Mokthinul River, Westport (N.Z.), and was in a serious position. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Cooloon
Messrs. Langley Bros. new steamer Cooloon, intended for the trade between Sydney, Coff's Harbour, and Byron Bay, arrived from Sydney yesterday, and left again later in the day for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Wywerra. a Boat Missing. Brisbane
The Collector of Customs at Brisbane this afternoon received the following telegram from Sandy Cape, signed George Byrne:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Dorrigo Disabled. Sydney
Some excitement was created at Bondi yesterday morning by the appearance of the steamer Dorrigo, which was drifting southwards, apparently in a disabled…
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News has been received from Victoria that on Saturday morning the steamer New Guinea, bound for Geelong, ran ashore close to Portarlington pier. The vessel was on a south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waiwera Wreck
Particulars of the wreck of the schooner Waiwera off Sandy Cape show that the vessel, which was beche-de-mer schooner of 30 tons, had been working down the Barrier Reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Waiwera. Statement of the Mate. Maryborough
The Seagull, with the crew of the wrecked schooner Waiwera, arrived this afternoon. The party included Captain D. Thompson, Mr. C. M. Scott (mate), Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Nambucca. Auckland
The small steamer Nambucca, bound from Blenhein for Wellington, ran on Tem's Rock, outside Wellington Heads, at 10 o'clock last night in a fog. It was calm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Turbine Steamer
The steel turbine steamer Lama, which was launched at Dumbarton on December 8 by Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, is the last of four such vessels which the firm are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ketch in Gales
The "Lyttelton Times" reports that the ketch Sir Henry, bound from Kaipara to Dunedin with timber, put into Lyttelton Harbour on the 7th instant in order to replenish her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Collier
Particulars have been received of the wreck of the steam collier Shrewabury on the China coast last month. The Shrewsbury was chartered by the Admiralty as a collier, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner Medora Lost
News has been received of the loss of the schooner Medora, owned by Captala Kaad, and engaged in the trade between Foruna Island and Fiji. The vessel was wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Violet Doepel. Sydney
Information was received in Sydney to-day that the wooden schooner Violet Doepel had foundered five miles north of Bollinger Heads this morning. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck Off the Bellinger
The foundering of the schooner Violet Doepel, off the entrance to the Bellinger River, reveals a state of affairs which should not be permitted…
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