Priscilla (1895)
Princess Royal Harbour
Priscilla was built with two decks, a square stern, a billet head and no galleries. It was first registered in Australia at Sydney (No. 39/1882) by James Jenkins, marine surveyor of Sydney. On 31 January 1883 he sold the barque to James Cole Ellis of Newcastle NSW, and on 8 February the following year Ellis sold it to the King George’s Sound Coal Company Ltd based at Albany. The Priscilla, under the command of Captain R. Young, loaded a cargo of 1 100 tons of coal at Newcastle and sailed for Albany on 14 February. It arrived at 6.00 p.m. on 6 March, and was then stripped down and converted to a hulk.
THE LOSS
In late 1893 the owners of the hulk Priscilla went into liquidation, and in 1895 the vessel was blown ashore in Princess Royal Harbour. The wreck was subsequently burnt where it lay stranded, and the remains were later buried under foreshore reclamation.
INITIAL SALVAGE
As with most hulks, the Priscilla would have been stripped of anything useful such as the donkey winch and boiler normally fitted to hulks to load and unload coal, prior to its being burnt to salvage the metal fastenings.
Ship Built
Owner King George's Sound Coal Company, in 1884
Country Built USA
Port Built Yarmouth, Maine
When Built 1856
Ship Lost
Grouped Region South-Coast
Sinking Burnt then buried under foreshore reclamation
When Lost 1895
Where Lost Princess Royal Harbour
Ship Details
Engine N
Length 45.72
Beam 8.35
TONA 766.00
Draft 6.55
Museum Reference
Official Number 83669
Unique Number 381
Sunk Code Burnt
File Number 195/72, 193/79
Protected Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Confidential NO