CANBERRA

...attended by Melbourne tug Sprightly

 

 

Canberra (I) 1913-1959.

 

 

ID:1132441

Year:1913

Name:CANBERRA

Type:Passenger/cargo (ref)

Flag:AUS

Launch Date:9.11.12

Date of completion:3.13

Owner: Australian Steamships Ltd., AUS Melbourne.

Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse.

Yard No:452

Link:1554

Starke: V1913 #116

GRT:7,707

LPP:125.0

Beam:17.4

2Q-15 knots.

 

 

1948 sold to Cia Maritima del Este SA, PAN Panama City. Same name.

 

 

1954 sold to Felix Benitez Rexach, DOM Ciudad Trujillo, r/n ESPANA

 

 

1959 BU Dominican Republic 10.59

 

 

Details: Mirimar Ship Index and John E. Hoskin, Flotilla Australia.

 

 

Information supplied by John Hoskin...http://www.flotilla-australia.com

 

 

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CANBERRA

 

 

Australian

 

 

Built 1913 - 59

 

 

7,710 gross tons, 4,094 net.

 

 

Lbd: 410' x 57'2" x 38'4". (125.0 x 17.4 metres) Steel twin screw passenger ship built by Alex Stephen & Sons, Linthouse Glasgow for Australian Steamships Ltd (Howard Smith Ltd) Melbourne. Quadruple expansion engine making 15 knots. Refrigerated. Designed for the Melbourne - North Queensland run and was known to have beaten the Sydney - Brisbane train on several occasions until their coastal railway opened.

 

 

1917 requisitioned as troopship, in 1918 she was one of the 'flying convoy' transporting troops from Egypt to France. 1920 returned to owners and peacetime services. 1941 - 1947 requisitioned as military transport, earning a nickname 'hungry-mary' by the stokers as she was a coal burner.

 

 

1947 sold to Goulandris Bros, Greek nationals and registered in Panama. She was employed on the trans-Atlantic migrant trade. Renamed Espana 1954 when sold and transported seasonal workers to the Dominican Republic from Europe until scrapped in the Dominican Republic October 1959

 

 

Information supplied by John E. Hoskin www.flotilla-australia.com/

 

 

Photo Credits: The Late Allan Green Collection Vic. Australia

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