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. She was used in the passenger route trade to Australia. She sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay, off Kirribilli 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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, 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