SSBonnie Dundee(1877)

History
New South Wales
Name	Bonnie Dundee
Owner	George & Bruce Nicoll
Port of registry	Sydney
Builder	Gourlay Brothers and Company,Dundee
Launched	2 March 1877
Fate	Sunk as a result of collision on 10 March 1879, with the loss of 5 lives
General characteristics
Tonnage	193/121gross register tons
Length	130.3 feet (39.7 m)
Beam	19 feet (6 m)
Draft	9.9 feet (3.0 m)
Propulsion	40 hp twin cylinder compound steam engine with single coal burning boiler

SSBonnie Dundeewas a 193/121Gross register tonsAustraliansteamshipwhich sank after a collision with the steamship SSBarrabooloffLake Macquarie,New South Wales,Australia,on 10 March 1879.

History

Bonnie Dundeewas built byGourlay Brothers and Company,Dundee,Scotland,for George and Bruce Nicoll,Sydney,Australia, and waslaunchedon 2 March 1877. Intended for trade from theRichmond RiverinNew South Wales,Australia,she departed Dundee on 28 March 1877, traveling via theSuez Canaland stopping atCeylonbefore and arriving inCooktown,Australia, on Wednesday, 27 June 1877. She put into theClarence Riverin New South Wales in mid-July 1877 and arrived inSydney,New South Wales, on 18 July 1877.

While under charter, captained by John Alexander Stuart,Bonnie Dundeewas cut in two in a collision with SSBarrabool,captained by John Readman Clark, which ran into her at about 8:00 p.m. on Monday, 10 March 1879.Bonnie Dundeesank within a few minutes. Five of her passengers did not survive the sinking.Barraboolsuffered a gash in her portbowabove thewaterline.

Bonnie Dundee's wreck is located in 35 metres (115 ft) of water about 5 kilometres (3 mi) offCaves Beach,New South Wales, southeast ofMoon Island,at approximately33°06.327′S151°42.258′E.