MERMERUS

MERMERUS WAS AN IRON 3 MASTED VESSEL OF 1,670 TONS  BUILT IN 1872 BY BARCLAY CURLE & CO AT GLASGOW SHE WAS  LAUNCHED ON 23RD MAY 1872.

SHE WAS OWNED BY THE GOLDEN FLEECE LINE OF GREENOCK

 SHE WAS CHARTERED BY THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1872 AND MADE A VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO MELBOURNE

SHE WAS LATER OWNED IN 1898 BY GOSTA LINDBLOM ( RUSSIA )

15TH SEPTEMBER 1898 SHE LEEFT ST. JOHNS ( NB ) ARRIVED IN PORT ADELAIDE 31ST DECEMBER 1898

IN 1900 SHE WAS OWNED BY ROBERT MATTSSON OF MARIEHAMM

ON 25TH DECEMBER 1903 SHE LEFT FREDRIKSHALD ARRIVING IN PORT ADELAIDE ON 7TH FEBRUARY 1904

22ND OCTOBER 1905 SHE LEFT LONDON AND ARRIVED IN PORT PIRIE ON 6TH JANUARY 1906

10TH JUNE 1908 LEFT CAPETOWN FOR PORT ADELAIDE ARRIVING 18TH JULY 1908

ON 12TH DECEMBER 1909 ON ROUTE TO MELBOURNE SHE GROUNDED AT RANA EAST OF KRISTIANSAND AND ON 14TH DECEMBER 1909 SHE SANK AT HER ANCHORAGE AND WAS CONDEMMED .SHE WAS SOLD/BROKEN UP ON 18TH MARCH 1910