Nirimba Paddle Steam Ferry

Nirimba as steam towing barge

Launched as a Paddle Steamer with fore and aft cabins and used by the Swan River Shipping Co as a passenger ferry and cargo

Description

Launched as a Paddle Steamer with fore and aft cabins and used by the Swan River Shipping Co as a passenger ferry and cargo

Construction

timber

Size

Length 28.20 Beam 8.00 TONA 59.00

Built

1895. W. & S. Lawrence, Perth

Owner

Swan River Shipping Co.

Sunk

1945

Location

North of Rottnest Island Graveyard

Latitude/Longitude

(-31.966671554447245, 115.48436054164952)

Sinking

Underwater

Location