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WARATAH

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

DateApril 1874

Object NameSCREW STEAMER

MediumIRON

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 160 5/12' x breadth 24 1/12' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 425 ton

Object numberABDSHIP001834

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 191
Official Number: 69769

Fate: Wrecked at Bulli, New South Wales, 7 June 1887.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, iron, raised quarter deck 50 ft, 5 bulkheads

Owners:
1874-87: Waratah Coal Company, registered in the Port of Sydney no. 48, 1874.

Masters:
1875: Master Fisher
1876: Master J. Stewart
1877-84: Master J. Kelly

General History:
08/06/1887:
LOSS OF THE STEAM COLLIER "WARATAH”.
(BY SPECIAL WIRE. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.
The steam collier “WARATAH”, which was stranded on the beach at Bulli yesterday, is now embedded hard and fast in sand, and all hope of getting her off is abandoned. The tug sent from Sydney could not get near the stranded vessel on account of the heavy swell, and it is expected that the “WARATAH” will soon break up. There is 5ft. of water in the engine room, and the rudder and the stern post are gone. All the movable goods and fittings in the vessel have been landed by means of slings and baskets. The vessel belongs to the Waratah Coal Company, and is fully insured in the Australian General Company, but about 400 tons of coal on board is not covered.
The net register of the vessel is 268 tons, and her gross measurement 425 tons. She was built at Aberdeen in 1874, and was regarded as one of the smartest colliers on the coast.
(The Argus)

01/08/1887:
Representative of the Underwriters Association inspected wreck of steamer WARATAH at North Bulli to see whether machinery could be saved. He came to the conclusion it could and operations are to be begun at once. Steamer is still lying in same position as when she first went ashore and excepting that her bulwarks have been carried away to some extent, very little damage appears to have been done, her hull being apparently no more injured than when she was first stranded.
(Daily Telegraph (Sydney))

Notes: The bell from this vessel is in the possession of Bunbury Historical Society, Western Australia (April 2005).
Engines: 2 compound direct acting, 22" and 37" cylinders with 30" stroke, 60 h.p.