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Name: HAVILAH
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 12/02/1853
Completed: 04/1853
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1
Dimensions: 336grt, 256nrt, 149.0 x 21.3 x 13.0ft
Engines: 2cyl, 60hp
Engines by: Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, also rigged as a 3 masted Schooner
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 31524
History:
20/05/1853 Charles & JF Bowman and Hugh McMeckan; registered at London
05/1858 Samuel White; registered at Port Adelaide
06/1861 Launceston & Melbourne Steam Navigation Co, Tasmania
07/1866 WA Guesdon & Partners; registered at Hobart
10/1867 Tasmanian Steam Navigation Co
05/1868 Mort & McArthur; registered at Sydney
11/1869 Australian Steam Navigation Co,
1873 Unknown owners, Noumea
1878 JC Lloyd; registered at Sydney
1884 Mount Kembla Coal & Oil Co
1911 Broken up
Comments: Built for trading around the coast of Australia
By 1900: Converted into a hulk


Newcastle Journal, Saturday, 19/02/1853