PS William the Fourth (1831)

William the Fourth was a 54-ton wooden paddle steamer built by Marshall & Lowe, Erringhi (now Clarence Town), New South Wales, Australia.[1] She was the first oceangoing steamship built in Australia when launched in 1831. She was rebuilt and lengthened in 1853. She plied the East Coast of New South Wales until 1863, when she sailed to China[2] and was sold and operated on the Shanghai–Ningpo route. Records end in 1868 when she sailed to Japan.[3]

History
Australia
Owner: Joseph Hickey Grose, Sydney (1831-1839)
Brisbane Water Steam Packet Company (1839)
General Steam Navigation Company (1839-1842)
Edye Manning & Ors (1942-1843)
James Byrnes, Parramatta (1843-1844)
John Dobbie & D Bloxome (1844-1850)
William M Manning & A B Spark (1850-1857)
Grafton Steam Navigation Company (1857-1858)
William M & Edye Manning (1858-1859)
Illawarra Steam Navigation Company (1859-1864)
Launched: 1831
Fate: Unknown
Notes: Last recorded in 1868
General characteristics
Type: Paddle Steamer
Tons burthen:
  • 57 tons (1831)
  • 77 tons (1853)
Length:
  • 74 ft 0 in (22.56 m) (1831)
  • 86 ft 0 in (26.21 m) (1853)
Beam:
  • 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) (1831)
  • 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) (1853)
Draught:
  • 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (1831)
  • 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) (1853)
Installed power: Steam engines by Fawcett, Liverpool
Sail plan: 2 masts

Replica

A replica was built at Raymond Terrace from 1985 to 1987 as part of the Australian Bicentenary and was launched by Hazel Hawke on 26 September 1987.

References
  1. "Original Correspondence. THE COLONIAL-BUILT STEAMER. To the Editor of the Sydney Gazette". The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. 24 September 1831. p. 3.
  2. "FIRST FLEET, Early Newcastle Steamers, KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 4 October 1930. p. 8.
  3. "Grafton Steam Navigation Company 1857-60". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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