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Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1881 at Glasgow by John Elder & Co.	5,524 gross	456ft x 48.2ft	Anchor Line

S/S Austral (Orient Line)
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Year	Event
1881	Dec. 21, launched for Orient
1882	Nov. 11, capsized in Sydney harbor, 4 lives lost
1883	Refloated, repairs, refitted
1884	Engaged as a consort on the Anchor Line route between Liverpool and New York, still on account of the Orient Line
1884	Liverpool May 17 → New York May 25
1884	Liverpool June 14 → New York June 22
1884	Liverpool June 14 → New York June 22
1884	Liverpool → New York Aug. 17
1884	Liverpool Sept. 6 → New York Sept. 14
1903	Scrapped in Genoa

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