SS Oakland (1890)

History
New South Wales Colony
NameOakland
NamesakeOwner's Residence, Richmond, New South Wales
BuilderMurray Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland
Launched20 February 1890
Sponsored byWilliam T Yeager
Acquired1890
In service27 August 1890
FateFoundered, 26 May 1903
General characteristics
TypeCoastal cargo ship
Tonnage398 GRT
Length154 ft (47 m) oa
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) (max)
Installed power70 hp
Propulsion
Speed8-9 knots
Complement17

SS Oakland was a small general cargo/passenger ship commissioned in 1890, Dumbarton, Scotland, for New South Wales, Australia, timber merchant William T Yeager. It sank off Cabbage Tree Island, New South Wales, in 1903, with the loss of 11 lives.