| Name: | KEERA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 16/04/1851 |
| Completed: | 06/1851 |
| Builder: | Thomas Toward |
| Yard: | St Peter's |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 169grt, 114nrt, 102.1 x 20.4 x 10.3ft; |
| (1864: 197grt, 145nrt, 110.1 x 20.3 x 9.3ft); | |
| (1872: 230grt, 158nrt, 133.1 x 20.4 x 9.4ft) | |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 60nhp |
| Engines by: | Robert Stephenson & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 31845 |
| History: | |
| 05/06/1851 | Henry Gilbert Smith, Newcastle |
| 01/05/1852 | Registered at Sydney, NSW |
| 11/1852 | Geelong Steam Navigation Co, Sydney |
| 13/10/1854 | G & J Gill, Melbourne |
| 09/1855 | E Fowler et al, Melbourne |
| 10/1859 | J Fowler et al, Melbourne |
| 07/1865 | Gippsland Steam Navigation Co, Melbourne |
| 10/1865 | Carey & Gillies, Melbourne |
| 01/1873 | Henry Alfred Coffey, Sydney |
| 03/1873 | Colonial Sugar Refineries Ltd, Sydney |
| 1891 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the Wollongong trade with cabins for day trips only. Cost £6000 |
| 03/1867: Wrecked on the New Zealand coast | |
| Subsequently salvaged, rebuilt & lengthened to 133.0ft | |
| 1877: Hulked & used as a lighter for the sugar mills |
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 18/04/1851