Eastminster (ship)
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| 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 (69 m) |
| Beam: | 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 5 in (6.22 m)[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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1877
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871-1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925-1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
External links
- The Sailing ship Eastminster 1876-1888 & Captain Daniel Rowland Rees 1836-1888, by Ivor Davies
- Mysteries of Old Ocean, the Ship Eastminster That Disappeared in Queensland Waters, Cairns Post, Sept. 26, 1939
- The Sailing Ship Eastminster, wrecked on Half Mast Island, Bunker Group. The Courier Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Sept. 26, 1934