SS Kate (tug)

SS Kate was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1883 at Balmain that was twice struck and sunk by Manly ferries.

Description and construction

Kate was a wooden framed, wooden carvel planked vessel, and was built at Long Nose Point, Balmain In 1883. The vessel was built at the Allen and Ward shipyard and launched on 6 December 1883 and registered at Sydney to Richard Manning on 15 February 1884.

The vessel was a wooden single deck and the bridge ship with 2 masts fitted as a fore and aft Schooner and an elliptical stern it dimensions were:

The vessel had a Gross tonnage (GT) of 35.87 and a Net tonnage (NT) of 24.39 when first manufactured and was fitted with a Robertson of London surface condensing compound steam engine, with cylinder diameters of 9 in (22.9 cm) and 17 in (43.2 cm)and had a stroke length of 14 in (35.6 cm) producing 20 hp (14.9 kW)

Ship service history

Early career with Richard Manning 1884 - 1887

The early years of the Kate was mainly spent as a tug bringing in vessels such as the South Sea's Island trader Avoca, the barque Freetrader, the 3 masts ship Dunfillan, the schooner Pioneer and the American barque Nona Lutum into Sydney Harbour and to their anchorage.

Kate

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Kate (given name)

Kate is a feminine given name and nickname. It is a short form of multiple feminine names, most notably Katherine but also Caitlin and others.

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Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

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