SS Rodondo in unkown port photo.State Library Queensland
Description:
Steamer, Schooner rigged
Owner:
Howerd Smith and Sons, Master Captain Hill
Construction:
Iron
Sunk:
1894/10/07
Size:
Length: 239.8 ft (73.1 m) Breadth: 30.2 ft (9.2 m) Depth: 14.1 ft (4.3 m) Tonnage: 1 119 gross, 715 net, 1 107 under deck
Underwater:
Built:
1878 by W.H. Patten & Son of Liverpool, UK With 2-cylinder compound steam engine, 150 HP
Location:
Lost Pollock Reef
Sinking:
Struck reef when sailing from Port Adelaide to Western Australia with crew of 30, at least 4 crew were lost
Longitude:
115.499467
Latitude:
-32.150383
Gallery
SS Rondondo c1879 J Sands Lithograph. SLVIC
SS Rondondo c1894 Artist A Green H92.302.88.SLVIC
Figure 12 (Top row) Collapsed hull structure protruding from the seafloor. (Middle left) Two (2) glass bottles
exposed. (Middle right) Two (2) ceramic plates. (Bottom row) portholes resting on the seafloor, below the
overhang of hull structure. Images courtesy of VAM Media and Terra Australia Productions.
