c. 1872, Photograph, PRG 1373/34/46
Shipping in Port Darwin about 1872, barque 'Bengal' with 'Gulnare' alongside, 'S.S. Hibernia', 'Investigator' and 'Edinburgh'.[Bengal is a 3 masted barque, 322 gross, 306 net tons. ON55594, 136.5 x 27.4 x 11.9. Built 1864 Gefle. Purchased from owners in Gefle in 1868 by Thomas Grierson, William Taylor and Robert Woolnough, registered Port Adelaide May 1873. William Taylor and partners. 1883 R. Green registered Rockhampton. Wrecked August 6, 1886 on the Great Barrier Reef east of Hayman Island when on a voyage from Townsville North Queensland towards Wanganui in New Zealand. All saved.]