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Penola rescues survivors of City of Launceston
History
Australia
Name	Penola
Owner	Grice, Sumner & Co, Melbourne
Port of registry	Melbourne, Victoria
Builder	Laurence Hill & Company Port Glasgow
Yard number	45
Launched	June 1863
Refit	1885
Identification	48408
Notes	Notable for ramming and sinking the passenger steamer City of Launceston, 19 November 1865
Australia
Name	Perth
Namesake	Perth, Western Australia
Owner	Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.
Port of registry	Adelaide, South Australia
In service	1885
Out of service	17 September 1887
Fate	Sank of Point Cloates, Western Australia, 17 September 1887
General characteristics
Type	Cargo and passenger ship
Tonnage	350 GRT
Length	192 ft 1 in (58.55 m)
Beam	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Depth	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Propulsion	2 cylinder 80 hp (60 kW) steam engine
Sail plan	Schooner-rigged on two masts
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

SS Perth, formerly SS Penola was a 350 GRT steamship operated by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Penola was notable for ramming and sinking SS City of Launceston, a passenger steamship, in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 1865. Renamed Perth, the steamship ran aground and was wrecked off Point Cloates in Western Australia on 17 September 1887.

See also

• List of shipwrecks in 1887

References

1. "Penola SS (1874~1887) Perth SS (+1887)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
2. "WRECK OF THE S.S. PENOLA". The Border Watch. Vol. XXV, no. 2488. South Australia. 21 September 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 25 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

• Ships of South Australia
• Steamships of Australia
• Shipwrecks of Western Australia
• Adelaide Steamship Company
• 1863 ships
• Maritime incidents in September 1887