Ship Details

Rig

Steel Twin Screw Steamer, Twin 4 x 7,000 ihp.

Built

1912

Built In

Tonnage

7,785g 4,532n

Dimensions

411.3 x 56.7 x 34.1

Demise

Adelaide Steamship Co., reg. Port Adelaide.1915: Reqisitioned as a troop transport. 1916 July: Converted into a hospital ship. 1918 Feb.: Struck by a torpedo that did not explode. 1920: Resumed Australian coastal service. 1921: Bermuda & West Indies SS Co. (Furness, Withy). 1924: Collided with Olympic outside New York Harbour. 1935: Lloyd Triestino. 1938: Converted into a hospital ship by the Italians. 1939: Refitted as a passenger ship, then as a troopship. 1942 Sept.10: Torpedoed and sunk 40 miles from Tobruk.

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