Year Construction Started; 1870 Scuttled: 2 JULY 1947 Description Rig: Ship Number of Masts: 3 Vessel size: 180.9 x 30.4 x 18.4 Weight: 674t Where Built: Scotland. Builder: Dobie & Co., Glasgow. Port of Registry: Melbourne. Former Registration Number: Lyttleton, NZ.
Cause of Vessel Loss: Sunk by explosives.
Owner: James Paterson & Co. Pty Ltd (31.8.1909)
History: On its last voyage under sail, the full-rigged ship Dunloe sailed from Sydney Heads to Port Phillip Heads in just 40 hours. It was then converted into a coal hulk and served in this capacity from 1909 to 1947 when, at the age of 77, it was scuttled in the Ships' Graveyard.

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