QUEENS ISLAND / STRATHDON / GERS

A VESSEL OF 2,093 TONS BUILT IN 1885 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF AT BELFAST.ORIGINALLY NAMED QUEENS ISLAND AND OWNED BY S LAWTHER & CO OF BELFAST.

SHE WAS SOLD TO GEORGE THOMPSON ( ABERDEEN LINE ) IN 1890 AND SHE WAS USED AS A GENERAL CARGO VESSEL ON THE AUSTRALIAN RUN, TAKING GENERAL CARGO OUT AND BRINGING WOOL BACK ON THE RETURN VOYAGE, BUT SHE WAS NOT A FAST VESSEL, BUT SHE STILL MADE A GOOD CONTRIBUTION TO THOMPSON'S AUSTRALIA GENERAL CARGO /  WOOL TRADE, DUE TO HER LARGE SIZE.

IN 1900 SHE WAS USED ON THE TIMBER AND GRAIN TRADE FROM NORTH AMERICA TO THE U.K

 IN 1906 SHE WAS SOLD TO  FRENCH COMPANY, A BORDES OF BORDEAUX, RE-NAMED GERS, AND USED ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN NITRATE TRADE. THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS HER AS THE FRENCH REGISTERED 'GERS'

SHE WAS FINALLY BROKEN UP IN 1924 AT BRUGES.