City of York

City of Cockburn, Australia

The City of York was a 1,167 GRT iron ship (it was not a barque) which sank after hitting a reef off Rottnest Island in the last few kilometres of its voyage from San Francisco to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1899.

The three masted, 67.9-metre-long (222.7 ft), iron-hulled ship was built in 1869 by Glasgow shipbuilders J. Elder and Company. The British owners were the 'Ship City of York Company'.

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