Note 213 — Chapter XIV

The log of this ship on her first voyage from London to Melbourne, thence to Newcastle (N.S.W.), thence to China, and thence home, will be found in the Appendix, No. 9, p. 613. She is a “composite” vessel, that is, constructed with iron frames and wood planking; she is 947 tons register, and her dimensions are 210 feet in length; 36 feet width of beam, and 21 feet depth of hold. She was designed by Mr. B. Waymouth, now Secretary to Lloyd’s Register. She was built in 1868 by Messrs. Walter Hood and Co., of Aberdeen, for her present owners, Messrs. George Thompson, Jun., and Co.