| SS Wollongbar (1922) | |
|---|---|
| Career | |
| Name: | Wollongbar |
| Owner: | North Coast Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 746 |
| Launched: | 1922 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 29 April 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,240 gross tons |
| Length: | 285.1 ft (86.9 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 42.1 ft (12.8 m) |
| Draught: | 23.9 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion engine |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Wollongbar was a 2,239 ton passenger steamship built by the Lithgows, Port Glasgow in 1922 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, as a replacement for SS Wollongbar (1911) which was wrecked in 1921.[2]
Fate[]
She was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180 off Crescent Head, New South Wales while in a convoy on 29 April 1943. Thirty two lives were lost and five crew were picked up.
In 2020 shipwreck was comfirmed discovered by Heritage NSW.
Notes[]
- ↑ "ss Wollongbar (1922)". Clyde Built Ships Database. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=18070. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
- ↑ "North Coast Steam Navigation Company". Flotilla Australia. http://flotilla-australia.com/ncsnc.htm#wollongbar2-ncsnc. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
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