Keywords: StateLibQld 1 129027 Palmerston (ship).jpg en Cargo steamship Palmerston <br> This may be the 430 GRT Palmerston that J G Thomson of Clydebank built in 1878 as Rook for G J Burns of Glasgow She was bought by Australian interests in 1883 owned by the Government of South Australia 1884 “87 then bought by J Darling Jnr of Port Adelaide who renamed her Palmerston The Mount Pleasant Coal and Iron Mining Co of Sydney owned her 1889 “1929 In 1929 RJ Butler of Sydney bought her and had her refitted as a trawler On 29 May that year she and another trawler Millimumul collided off Jervis Bay NSW and Palmerston sank handle 10462/deriv/78024 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Black and white photographs of Queensland Black and white photographs of ships Mary River Queensland Palmerston ship 1878 DEFAULTSORT Palmerston |