''Austral'' was a passenger ship built by
John Elder & Co., Govan and launched on 21 December 1881 for the
Orient Steam Navigation Company,
Glasgow
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. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia.
She sank at her mooring in
Neutral Bay
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Neutral Bay takes ...
, off
Kirribilli
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Point in Sydney Harbour on 11 November 1882. Five crew were killed in the
incident.
The ship was refloated on 1 March 1883.
She subsequently sailed to Glasgow for refit.
She was chartered to
Anchor Line for 7 months during 1884
for the Liverpool to New York passenger route arriving back at Neutral Bay in 1885.
Fate
''Austral'' arrived for breaking up at Genoa on 27 May 1903.
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* {{cite news , url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64034239 , title=SINKING OF THE ORIENT S.S. "AUSTRAL," IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. , newspaper=
Illustrated Sydney News , volume=XIX , issue=12 , location=New South Wales, Australia , date=25 November 1882 , accessdate=10 November 2016 , page=4 , via=National Library of Australia
1881 ships
Ships built on the River Clyde
Maritime incidents in November 1882