SS Kate (tug)
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SS Kate was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1883 at Balmain that was twice struck and sunk by Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company ferries.
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History | |
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Australia | |
Name | Kate |
Owner | Richard Manning (1884 - 1887) Government of New South Wales (1887 - 1914) |
Operator | Mercantile Explosives Department (1887 - 1914) |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Allen & Ward Longnose Point, Balmain, New South Wales, Australia |
Launched | 6 December 1883 |
Identification | Sydney registration number: 21/1884 Ship official number: 89238 |
Fate | Sunk in collision 2 April 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wood carvel screw steamer |
Tonnage | |
Length | 70.3 ft (21.43 m) |
Beam | 15.8 ft (4.82 m) |
Draught | 6.5 ft (1.98 m) |
Installed power | Surface Condensing Compound Engine Cylinder diameters 9 in (22.9 cm) 17 in (43.2 cm), Stroke 14 in (35.6 cm) 20 hp |
Propulsion | Screw |
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