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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| PAROO |
108690 |
AUS |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1897 |
14/09/1897 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
Kingston Yard |
415 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 2665 grt / 1719 nrt / |
315.6 ft |
40.1 ft |
22.1 ft |
14.6 ft |
| Engine builder |
Hutson & Son Ltd., Glasgow |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl (25, 40, 64 x 45in), 291nhp, 1-Screw, 10 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Australasian United S.N. Co. Ltd., Melbourne |
Melbourne |
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| Other names |
| 1917 IRAN - 1922 MIKAGE MARU |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1903 West Australian SN Co. Ltd. - Bethell, Gwyn & Co., Fremantle
1917 Sun Shipping Co. Ltd. - Mitchell, Cotts & Co., London
1917 Persian Gulf Steam Navigation Co., Bombay
1922 Okuda Yeikichi, Mikage
1926 Muko Kisen KK, Mikage
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| Vessel history |
Launched as CAPE LEEUWIN for Australian Transport Company
08/04/1902 grounded off Point Lonsdale, Port Phillip Heads but towed free by the tugs Eagle and Albatross. |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1944 |
Torpedoed 24/10/1944 |
| Disposal Detail |
| 24/10/1944 torpedoed and sunk by the U.S. submarine CROAKER off Cheju Do, Korea, 32.56N - 125.49E, NW of Quelpart Island. |
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Paroo - Green Collection – State of Victoria Lib
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Paroo - Green Collection – State of Victoria Lib
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