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Australian
Built 1897 - 27
2,884 gross tons, 1819 net. Lbd: 327'4" x 41'2" x 20'5".
Steel steamship built by J Laing, Sunderland as a passenger vessel for the West Australian trade.
Triple expansion engine producing 412 nhp.
Served most of this company's ports of call. Sold November 1927 to W R Carpenter who hulked her that year. The hulk was towed to Rabaul and used as a store ship until sunk January 1942
Information supplied by John E. Hoskin www.flotilla-australia.com/
Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ