Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph
... SS Sphene... Heads (Hobart for Brisbane ship steamer SS Sphene Black ...
Built in 1895 in Dunbarton 411 tons Coastal steamer between NSW & Victoria 1902-1935
Used in Port Fairy 1925
SPHENE
built by Scotts Bowling,
Yard No 115
Engines by Muir & Houston, Glasgow
Last Name: DELLIE (1935)
Propulsion: steam compound C2cy 1-screw 65nhp
Launched: Saturday, 02/11/1895
Built: 1895
Ship Type: Coaster
Tonnage: 411grt, 159nrt
Length: 142.5 feet
Breadth: 25.1 feet
Draught: 10.7 feet depth
Owner History:
William Robertson, Glasgow
1902 B Byrnes Ltd, Sydney NSW
1918 Roy G Cowlishaw, Sydney
1919 Australian Steamships Pty Ltd (mng Howard Smith Ltd), Sydney
1935 A Auland, Sydney
1937 Aulco Pty Ltd, Sydney
Status: Wrecked - 24/08/1941
Remarks:
ON 105964
Completed: November 1895
Struck reef near Danger Point NSW and beached south of Tweed Heads (Hobart for BrisbaneBlack and white photographship, steamer, ss sphene