PS Clonmel

Clonmel was a three-masted wooden paddle steamer built in Birkenhead, England, in 1836. Clonmel was one of the first steam-powered vessels on the Australian coast. It ran aground in the early hours of 2 January 1841,[1] or the 3rd.[2] and was wrecked on what is now known as Clonmel Island in Corner Inlet, Victoria.[3] This was only its second voyage from Sydney.[4]

The wreck of the Clonmel, and the subsequent exploration of Corner Inlet, led to establishment of the towns of Port Albert, Tarraville and Alberton.[4]

  1. ^ "Wreck of the Clonmel steamship". Launceston Courier. 18 January 1841. p. 2.
  2. ^ Bowen, Alister M. (2012). Archaeology of the Chinese Fishing Industry in Colonial Victoria. Sydney University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9781920899813.
  3. ^ "PS Clonmel Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number S129". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria.
  4. ^ a b "Clonmel PS". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Retrieved 11 April 2015.