SS Ferret
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SS Ferret was an iron screw steamship of 460 tons built in Glasgow (Scotland) in 1871 by J & G Thomson, Glasgow.[1][4]
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SS Ferret in 1910 | |
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Name | SS Ferret |
Owner | G & J Burns, Glasgow[1] |
Builder | J & G Thomson, Glasgow[1] |
Laid down | 1871 |
Fate | Wrecked near Reef Head, South Australia, 1920[2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo steamship |
Tonnage | 460 |
Length | 170.9 ft (52.1 m) |
Beam | 23.2 ft (7.1 m) |
Draught | 12.7 ft (3.9 m) |
Propulsion | Compound inverted steam engines of 90 h.p., having two cylinders of 23 inches and 40 inches diameter[1][3] |
Capacity | 90hp[1] |
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The ship was built for G & J Burns of Glasgow for use in the River Clyde ferry service. In 1873, Dingwall & Skye Railway Co Ltd bought it for use in the construction of the Tay Rail Bridge. Later, as part of a merger, it was acquired by Highland Railway Co. of Inverness.[1]
In 1880 the ship was stolen as part of a conspiracy in which it disappeared from its home in Scotland and mysteriously reappeared several months later in Australia under a new name.[5][6] It remained in Australia for the remainder of its working life.[7][8]