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History
Name	SS Avery Hill (1895-1899); SS Dunearn (1899-1908);
Owner	Nitrate Producers' S.S. Co. Ltd. - Lawther, Latta & Co., London (1895-1899); Dunedin S.S. Co. Ltd. - Henderson & McIntosh, Leith (1899-1908);
Builder	Short Brothers, Pallion, Sunderland
Yard number	247
Launched	6 June 1895
Completed	10 August 1895
Fate	Sunk on 26 August 1908
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,142 gross register tons (GRT); 2,020 net register tons (NRT); 5,130 tons deadweight (DWT);
Length	351.4 ft (107.1 m)
Beam	42.1 ft (12.8 m)
Draught	25.4 ft (7.7 m)
Depth	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Installed power	T3cyl (24.5, 40, 66 x 45in), 1500ihp
Speed	10 knots

SS Dunearn was a British steel screw steamer of 2300 tons. On 26 August 1908, while sailing through the Korea Strait near the Gotō Islands during a typhoon, the ship sank with a loss of 51 of 53 crew members. The two survivors were rescued by the Japanese steamer Sakyo Maru. The Captain commanding the ship on her last voyage was Captain J. Graham. The two survivors were William Phillips, an engineer, and John Landon, a seaman.^[1]

Dunearn was built in 1895 by Short Brothers in Sunderland. On her final voyage, the ship was carrying a load of coal from Kuchinotzu to Singapore.^[2]

References

^ Boston Globe, August 29, 1908, p. 7
^ "S Dunearn (+1908)". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 27 May 2022. SS Dunearn was a British steel hulled cargo steamer that capsized off Goto Island on the 26th August 1908 when on route from Kuchinotzu for Singapore with a cargo of coal.