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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
OBERON |
31588 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1854 |
1854 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Passenger / Cargo
| Iron Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Alexander Denny, Dumbarton |
Albert Yard |
33 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
94 grt / 66 nrt / |
89.7 ft |
19.2 ft |
7.6 ft |
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Engine builder |
, |
Engine detail |
20 hp. 1-screw |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Peter Denny & others |
Port Glasgow |
30/03/1854 |
Other names |
1861 GUIDING STAR |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
10/1854 J B Risk & others, Port Albert, Victoria - reg Port Albert 1858 Captain Lyons - reg Hobart 1859 Frederick Greer, Dunedin NZ - reg Melbourne |
Vessel history |
23/07/1861 struck a rock in Bluff Harbour Rebuilt from the wreck and re-named GUIDING STAR |
Remarks |
22 cabin and 15 steerage passengers. |
End year |
Fate / Status |
1862 |
Wrecked 07/09/1862 |
Disposal Detail |
Went ashore in the New River Invercargill. No lives lost. |
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