William the Fourth







William the Fourth
Type :
 Wooden paddlewheel steamer
Launched  :
1831
Builder :
 unknown
Clarence Town, NSW
Gross :
 unknown
Dimensions :
 unknown
Passenger capacity :
 unknown
Speed :
 unknown

This vessel  was owned by  Eyde Manning. Possibly sold to China or Japan.

There is a replica of this vessel  (see here for more details).

Graeme Andrews states:

"Cannot consider to be a 'ferry' she went everwhere and was often the 1st steamer to visit".

Known to be a sea-going vessel that was important in the Newcastle area.

* This entry is pending deletion as it may not have been used in the harbour passenger trade at all *
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