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'MYSTERY'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at the Northam Yard.
Yard No.
Launched:1852
Tonnage:42 5/10 nett - 105 gt
Length:96 1/10 feet
Breadth:16 6/10 feet
Depth:10 4/10 feet
Machinery:Two-cylinder 25 x 25 x 48 by G. Butchard, Gravesend.
Decks:One - one mast.
Built of:Wood
Type:One funnel Tug. Paddle steamer.
Registered:15th Oct 1852 No. 1852 London 1852 - Certificate granted 14th August 1852
Melbourne 1864 - Melbourne 1867 - Sydney 1874
Off Number:27244
Built for:Richard Douglas Ross of Gravesend & David Oats of Blackwall.
Other info:
History:26th Septmber 1867. Reg transferred to Melbourne.
Appears to have been a passenger-carrying tug, and operated Geelong to Melbourne, and Sydney - Manly from 1874.
1886/8. Owner Port Jackson Steamship Co Ltd. Sydney.
1894. Owner T.S.Rowntree, Sydney.
1899. Engine removed and made into a punt.



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