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Australia : Tasmania Scottish-built Paddle Steamers Culloden (1853-1865)
Mimosa (1854-1858)
Monarch (1854-1897)
Built in 1846 by Barr & McNab at Paisley, UK 126.8 ft : 128 GRT Engine : Steeple (ex- Countess of Eglinton)
Built for Henderson & McKellar of Glasgow In
1854 she was sold to Messrs Brown & Thompson of Hobart Tasmania for
service between Hobart and New Norfolk on the River Derwent Sailed to Hobart under sail In 1856 she waxs sold on to Messrs Luttrell & Wise Out of service from 1897 and abandoned. Her remains remained visible in Town Bay, Hobart, for another fifty years Engine re-used at a saw mill
