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.[1][2]

Penola rescues survivors of City of Launceston
History
Australia
NamePenola
OwnerGrice, Sumner & Co, Melbourne
Port of registryMelbourne, Victoria
BuilderLaurence Hill & Company Port Glasgow
Yard number45
LaunchedJune 1863
Refit1885
Identification48408
NotesNotable for ramming and sinking the passenger steamer City of Launceston, 19 November 1865
Australia
NamePerth
NamesakePerth, Western Australia
Owner Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.
Port of registryAdelaide, South Australia
In service1885
Out of service17 September 1887
FateSank of Point Cloates, Western Australia, 17 September 1887
General characteristics
TypeCargo and passenger ship
Tonnage350 GRT
Length192 ft 1 in (58.55 m)
Beam22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Depth12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Propulsion2 cylinder 80 hp (60 kW) steam engine
Sail planSchooner-rigged on two masts
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

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  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.