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Eastminster (ship)

Coordinates: 23°26′49″S 151°55′05″E / 23.447°S 151.918°E / -23.447; 151.918
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Eastminster
History
United Kingdom
NameEastminster
OwnerE.W. Berryman
BuilderBuilt in Port Glasgow, Scotland
LaunchedJune 1876
FateLost February 1888
General characteristics
Class and typeFull-rigged iron-hulled ship
Tons burthen1145 tons;[1] 1208 tons[2]
Length226 ft (69 m)
Beam35 ft 3 in (10.74 m)
Draught20 ft 5 in (6.22 m)[1]

Eastminster was an iron full-rigged ship built in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1876. She operated as an emigrant vessel.

Eastminster was last seen departing Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, after ignoring a warning from the harbor pilot, heading out to sea in a rising gale on 17 February 1888, bound for Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Eastminster was presumed lost during a tropical cyclone that passed through the area immediately afterward. Her wreckage was reported on a coral reef in the Capricorn and Bunker Group in the Coral Sea approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Rockhampton, Queensland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1877
  2. ^ a b Australian shipwrecks Vol. 3 1871-1900 By Loney, J. K. (Jack Kenneth), 1925-1995. Geelong Vic: List Publishing, 1982 910.4530994 LON
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23°26′49″S 151°55′05″E / 23.447°S 151.918°E / -23.447; 151.918