MANAWATU

Ship Details

Rig

Iron Screw Steamer, 38 rhp.

Built

1873

Tonnage

183g 112n

Built By

Dimensions

128.8 x 18.7 x 9.5

Demise

reg. New Zealand. 1882: Rebuilt as a composite hull screw steamer. 1899: W.Howard Smith & Sons Ltd., reg. Melbourne. 1903 Oct.: E.Mountjoy. 1904 Feb.: Coastal Steamship Co.Ltd. 1912 Sept.: Gippsland Steamers Pty.Ltd. 1915 Nov.: J.H.Edwards (Hobart). 1916 Sept.: Gippsland Steamers Pty.Ltd. 1918: Charles P.Preston. 1918: F.G.Wilson, reg. Melbourne. 1929: Register closed, 'Dismantled and abandoned off Williamston, Vic.

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I'm trying to locate a photo of the steam ship "Manawatu" that was in Rabaul, PNG in January 1919, according to my grandfather's diary. Can you please help?

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