c. 1875, Photograph, PRG 1373/2/51
The composite ship 'Shannon', 1292 tons, moored Gravesend, UK. [wooden ship, 1292 gross tons, ON44996, 217.0 x 37.7 x 22.8. Built 1862 (5) R&H Green, Blackwall, London. Owners: R&H Green, registered London (iron beams) Sold May 1883 to Wright Bros. registered London: 1887 James C Ellis, registered Sydney who were the owners when she sprang a leak while en route to Newcastle, NSW - Wellington, and put into Papeete where she was condemned, in June 1888. Ran for Greens regularly in the Melbourne trade and made some notable passages. Was employed as a collier when abandoned. In Blackwall Frigates story is recalled when some of the apprentices passed the ship off as a former warship involved with the 'Chesapeake'].