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(AR) AUSTRALIAN
ROYAL MAIL
STEAM
NAVIGATION CO.
(Regular
service began in 1852 but mail contract terminated in
1853 when
company was renamed the Australian Steam
Navigation Company. The
service to Australia ended in 1854.
STEAM AUXILIARIES
AUSTRALIAN – iscs 1392gt 1852
Dumbarton
Artist: Samuel
Walters
National
Library of Australia
(nla.pic-an2260282)
SYDNEY
– iscs 1391gt 1852 Dumbarton
Engraving
Illustrated London News
1853
MELBOURNE
(ex-screw frigate HMS Greenock) – iscs 1450gt 1849
Greenock (acquired 1852)
Engraving
Illustrated
London News 1854
ADELAIDE
– iscs 1859gt 1852 Millwall
Engraving
Illustrated London News 1852
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VICTORIA – iscs 1877gt 1853
Millwall (sister of the ADELAIDE)
No image
found
Ship details from John M. Maber's
"North Star to Southern Cross"
(T. Stephenson & Sons Ltd. Prescot,
Lancs. 1967)
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