MELBOURNE / FORTUNA / MACQUARIE
MELBOURNE WAS AN IRON THREE MASTED VESSEL OF 1,857 TONS. SHE HAD BEEN BUILT IN 1875 BY R & H GREEN IN BLACKWALL.
SHE WAS OWNED BY HER BUILDERS R & H GREEN
IN 1887 SHE WAS OWNED BY DEVITT & MOORE WHO RENAMED HER MACQUARIE IN 1888
IN 1903 SHE WAS RENAMED FORTUNA AND SOLD TO NORWEGIAN OWNERS
SHE ENDED HER DAYS AS A COAL HULK
NO WHITE STAR CONNECTION AS FAR AS I KNOW - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE WAS A VESSEL OF 1,169 TONS.SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR
LINE IN 1860 AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM MELBOURNE TO BOMBAY
MELBOURNE
MELBOURNE A VESSEL OF 594 TONS LEFT 28TH JULY ( UK ? ) 1857 ARRIVED IN VICTORIA
ON 3RD NOVEMBER 1857
MELBOURNE ARRIVED IN PORT DELAIDE 31ST JANUARY 1853 FROM LONDON
( IT COULD BE THE ABOVE VESSEL WITH THE SIZE OF HER HAVING BEEN EXAGERRATED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE )
MELBOURNE
A FOUR MASTED VESSEL CALLED MELBOURNE - NO FURTHER INFORMATION - FOR REFERENCE ONLY
FORTUNA
FORTUNA WAS A NORWEGIAN VESSEL OF 1,366
TONS.SHE WAS BUILT IN 1892 BY C FRAMNAES OF SANDEFJORD AND WAS OWNED BY ACTIE
SELSK. SHE CARRIED LUMBER TO
AUSTRALIA
JUST IN CASE YOU STUMBLE ACROSS A PICTURE OF THE FORTUNA AND THINK IT'S THE EX MELBOURNE I PUT THIS INFORMATION HERE
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