SS Ellengowan

History
Name
  • Nøkken (1866–74)
  • Ellengowan (1874–88)
Namesakethe water spirit Neck
Owner
  • D Hegermann (1866–74)
  • London Missionary Society (1874–81)
  • Palmerston Plantation Co (1881)
Port of registry
BuilderAkers Mekaniske Verksted, Christiana
Launched1866
FateSank 1881, refloated 1885, later sank 1888
General characteristics
Tonnage58 GRT
Length79 ft (24.08 m)
Beam15 ft (4.57 m)
Depth8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed powerDirect acting steam engine
PropulsionSail, single screw

SS Ellengowan was a schooner rigged, single screw steamer built by Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania (Oslo) Norway, under her original name, Nøkken. The vessel was powered by sail and a vertical direct acting steam engine. Ellengowan sank at its moorings, unmanned, during the night of 27 April 1888 in Port Darwin and was abandoned. 103 years later, in 1991, she was discovered by divers making it the oldest known shipwreck in Darwin Harbour.[1][2]

  1. ^ Heritage: SS Ellengowan Archived 6 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine (2007). Northern Territory Government. Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts. Retrieved on 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ Shipswrecks in Darwin Harbour. (2002). NT Government: Heritage Notes. Retrieved on 8 February 2010.