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, or the 3rd. and was wrecked on what is now known as Clonmel Island in Corner Inlet, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. This was only its second voyage from Sydney. The wreck of the ''Clonmel'', and the subsequent exploration of Corner Inlet, led to establishment of the towns of Port Albert, Tarraville and Alberton, Victoria, Alberton. History ''Clonmel'' was built in England and launched in 1836, at Birkenhead, near Liverpool. She was long and about broad across the paddle boxes. She had two 110 horsepower engines, and was rated at 500 tons burthen, so with 300 tons of cargo she could steam for five days. She ran around the British Isles for about 15 months before being sold to Sydney owners, was newly copper sheathed and despatched under Captain Tollervey, ...
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Clonmel Island
Clonmel Island is a sand island in Corner Inlet, in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Clonmel Island lies within the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park and is part of a complex of barrier islands that protect a large marine embayment from the pounding waves of Bass Strait. History The island is named after the paddle steamer PS Clonmel which was wrecked in the Port Albert Entrance to Corner Inlet, immediately east of the island, in 1841. References

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