SS Gothenburg

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Gothenburg
History
Name	Gothenburg
Namesake	Gothenburg
Owner	1854: North of Europe SN Co by 1865: John H Blackwood by 1874: McMeckan & Blackwood
Operator	1854: J Hervey
Port of registry	1854: London 1862: Melbourne
Route	1854: London – Sweden 1860s: Australia – New Zealand
Builder	Charles Lungley & Co, Millwall
Launched	1 April 1854
Refit	rebuilt at Adelaide, 1873
Identification	by 1857: UK official number 23071 by 1866: code letters NQDB
Fate	wrecked, 24 February 1875
General characteristics
Tonnage	1855: 572 GRT, 345 NRT 1871: 675 GRT, 459 NRT 1874: 737 GRT, 501 NRT
Length	1871: 187.4 ft (57.1 m) 1874: 196.6 ft (59.9 m)
Beam	1871: 28.1 ft (8.6 m) 1874: 28.2 ft (8.6 m)
Depth	1871: 12.9 ft (3.9 m) 1874: 20.5 ft (6.2 m)
Installed power	120 hp
Propulsion	2-cylinder steam engine
Sail plan	3-masted barquentine
Crew	34

SS Gothenburg was an iron-hulled sail- and steamship that was built in England in 1854 and sailed between England and Sweden until 1862. She then moved to Australia, where she operated across the Tasman Sea to and from New Zealand until 1873, when she was rebuilt. After her rebuild, she operated in the Australian coastal trade.

In February 1875 Gothenburg was wrecked in a storm on the Great Barrier Reef off the north coast of Queensland. 22 people survived in three lifeboats. Between 98 and 112 people were killed, including a number of civil servants and dignitaries.