SS Rodondo (1878-1894)

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SS Rodondo in unknown port photo.State Library Queensland

Description

Steamer, Schooner rigged

Construction

Iron

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

Built

1878 by W.H. Patten & Son of Liverpool, UK With 2-cylinder compound steam engine, 150 HP

Owner

Howerd Smith and Sons, Master Captain Hill

Sunk

1894/10/07

Location

Lost Pollock Reef

Latitude/Longitude

(-32.150383, 115.499467)

Sinking

Struck reef when sailing from Port Adelaide to Western Australia with crew of 30, at least 4 crew were lost

Underwater

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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.

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