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'OSCAR'

Built by:
Yard:Millwall.
Yard No.:
Launched:1854
Tonnage:472
Length:181 feet 2 inches
Breadth:27 feet 4 inch
Depth:13 feet
Machinery:120 hp.
Decks:
Built of:Iron.
Type:Screw Steamer.
Registered:21st February 1854 in London by W. S. Andrews.
Official No.:26407
Other info:
History:Built for W. S. Andrews.
23rd December 1854. Transport No.158, sailed from Woolwich with ordnance stores for the Crimea.
20th January 1856. Sailed from London for Genoa and Constantinople. Captain Elder.
21st May 1856. Arrived at Lowestoft from London for general repairs, Captain W. Downward.
30th May 1856. Went into Norwich Dock.
1857. Sold to D. Hart.
29th October 1857. Sailed from London for Plymouth.
2nd November 1857. Sailed from Plymouth for the West Coast of Africa.
21st November 1857. At Sierra Leone.
December 1857. Reported lost in the North Seas during a heavy gale. Every soul on board perished.
December 1857. The reported as having gone down at sea, was at the time of such report frozen up at Cronstadt, where she has been ice-bound a month.
11th December 1857. Sailed from Fernando Po. Towed the schooner ‘George’, belonging to the Niger Expedition, to the entrance of the River Bonny.
17th December 1857. Sailed from Bonny. Towed the ship ‘Faith’ of Liverpool outside the bay.
24th December 1857. Sailed from Lagos.
26th December 1857. Sailed from Accra.
27th December 1857. Sailed from Cape Coast. Picked up two passengers, Robert Lauza and Mr. Abbott, Army Medical Staff.
4th January 1858. Arrived at Sierra Leone and was detained for two days for fuel.
6th January 1858. Sailed from Sierra Leone. Picked up one passenger, Mr. Morpherd, Army Medical Staff.
12th January 1858. Sailed from Bathurst.
19th January 1858. Sailed from Madeira.
26th January 1858. Arrived at Plymouth from the West Coast of Africa. She brings mails from all the ports; 200 ounces of Gold, 700 casks of palm oil, 45 tusks 3 bundles of ivory, and 37 bales of cotton.
1858. Registered by The North of Europe Steam Navigation Company.
1860. Register by David Hart in Melbourne.
9th October 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
11th October 1860. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
29th October 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
2nd November 1860. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
14th November 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
16th November 1860. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
12th December 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
15th December 1860. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
28th December 1860. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
30th December 1860. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
January 1861. Sold to McMeckan, Blackwood & Co., of Melbourne.
10th January 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
13th January 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
23rd January 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
26th January 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
6th February 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
8th February 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
20th February 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
22nd February 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
5th March 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
8th March 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
18th March 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
21st March 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
4th April 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
7th April 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
18th April 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
19th April 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
14th May 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
17th May 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
30th May 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
3rd June 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
13th June 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
16th June 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
27th June 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
29th June 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
9th July 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
11th July 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
22nd July 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
24th July 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
5th August 1861. Sailed from Melbourne for Port Adelaide.
7th August 1861. Arrived at Port Adelaide from Melbourne.
16th December 1861. Sailed from Port Chalmers, Captain Stuart, for Invercargill.
17th December 1861. Wrecked at the entrance of the New River, New Zealand.
1861/62. Sold as she lay for £80. Her gear was by auctioned, and realised about £1,000. The bell ended up in a Museum.



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