{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=StateLibQld 1 126107 City of Launceston (ship).jpg |image_caption=''Penola'' rescues survivors of ''City of Launceston'' }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= Australia |flag= {{shipboxflag|UKGBI|civil}} |name= ''Penola'' |namesake= |owner= Grice, Sumner & Co, Melbourne |operator= |registry=Melbourne, Victoria |route= |ordered= |awarded= |builder= Laurence Hill & Company Port Glasgow |original_cost= |yard_number= 45 |way_number= |laid_down= |launched=June 1863 |sponsor= |christened= |completed= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service= |out_of_service= |renamed= |reclassified= |refit=1885 |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification= 48408 |nickname= |honours= |fate= |notes=Notable for ramming and sinking the passenger steamer ''City of Launceston'', 19 November 1865 |badge= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header=title |country= Australia |flag= {{shipboxflag|UKGBI|civil}} |name= ''Perth'' |namesake= Perth, Western Australia |owner= border|20px Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd. |operator= |registry=Adelaide, South Australia |route= |acquired= |maiden_voyage= |in_service=1885 |out_of_service=17 September 1887 |renamed= |reclassified= |refit= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= |identification= |nickname= |honours= |fate=Sank of Point Cloates, Western Australia, 17 September 1887 |notes= |badge= }}
|section4={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= |type= Cargo and passenger ship |tonnage={{GRT|350}} |displacement= |length= {{Convert|192|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} |beam= {{Convert|22|ft|5|in|abbr=on}} |height= |draught= |depth= {{Convert|12|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |hold_depth= |decks= |deck_clearance= |ramps= |ice_class= |power= |propulsion=2 cylinder {{Convert|80|hp|0|abbr=on}} steam engine |sail_plan= Schooner-rigged on two masts |speed= {{convert|10|kn}} |range= |endurance= |boats= |capacity= |crew= |notes= }} }} '''SS ''Perth''''', formerly '''SS ''Penola''''' was a {{GRT|350}} steamship operated by the Adelaide Steamship Company. ''Penola'' was notable for ramming and sinking {{SS|City of Launceston}}, a passenger steamship, in Port Phillip Bay on 19 November 1865. Renamed ''Perth'', the steamship ran aground and was wrecked off Point Cloates in Western Australia on 17 September 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176723 |title=Penola SS (1874~1887) Perth SS (+1887) |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=16 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77181744 |title=WRECK OF THE S.S. PENOLA. |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=XXV |issue=2488 |location=South Australia |date=21 September 1887 |accessdate=25 January 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==See also== *List of shipwrecks in 1887
==References== {{reflist}} {{1887 shipwrecks}} {{coord missing|Australia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Penola}} Category:Ships of South Australia Category:Steamships of Australia Category:Shipwrecks of Western Australia Category:Adelaide Steamship Company Category:1863 ships Category:Maritime incidents in September 1887