| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Eastminster |
| Owner: | E.W. Berryman |
| Builder: | Built in Port Glasgow |
| Launched: | June 1876 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Full-rigged iron-hulled ship |
| Tons burthen: | 1145 tons [1]; 1208 tons [2] |
| Length: | 226 ft. |
| Beam: | 3 ft. 3 in. |
| Draught: | 20 ft. 5 in.[1] |
Eastminster was an iron emigrant vessel built in Glasgow in 1876. She was seen after departing Maryborough, Queensland after ignoring a warning from the pilot, heading out to sea in a rising gale on 17 February 1888, bound for Newcastle, New South Wales. Eastminster was presumed lost during a cyclone. Her wreckage was reported on a coral reef approx. 100 miles East of Rockhampton.[2]