SS Ellengowan

History
Name	Nøkken (1866–74); Ellengowan (1874–88);
Namesake	the water spirit Neck
Owner	D Hegermann (1866–74); London Missionary Society (1874–81); Palmerston Plantation Co (1881);
Port of registry	Norway (1866–74); United Kingdom (1874–88);
Builder	Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Christiana
Launched	1866
Fate	Sank 1881, refloated 1885, later sank 1888
General characteristics
Tonnage	58 GRT
Length	79 ft (24.08 m)
Beam	15 ft (4.57 m)
Depth	8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
Installed power	Direct acting steam engine
Propulsion	Sail, single screw

SS Ellengowan was a schooner rigged, single screw steamer built by Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania (Oslo) Norway, under her original name, Nøkken. The vessel was powered by sail and a vertical direct acting steam engine. Ellengowan sank at its moorings, unmanned, during the night of 27 April 1888 in Port Darwin and was abandoned. 103 years later, in 1991, she was discovered by divers making it the oldest known shipwreck in Darwin Harbour.

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