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Name Official number Flag IMO
WILLOCHRA  122744  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1909  14/08/1912   
Vessel type Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated  Steel Screw Steamer  
Builder Yard Yard no
Wm. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir Naval Constr Wk  507 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
7784 grt / 4532 nrt / 411.7 ft  56.7 ft  34.1 ft   
Engine builder Wm. Beardmore & Co. Ltd., Dalmuir
Engine detail
2- Screw. 2xQ4Cyl.(23.5, 34, 50 & 72 - 54)in. 762nhp 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd., Port Aderlaide  Port Adelaide   
Other names
1920 FORT VICTORIA 
Subsequent owner and registration history
1920 Quebec S.S. Co. Ltd. - Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., Montreal
1921 Bermuda & West Indies S.S. Co. Ltd. - Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda 
Vessel history
Chartered to Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1921  Collision 18/12/1929 
Disposal Detail
Sank after a collision with s.s. ALGONQUIN in the Ambrose Channel off Sandy Hook, outward from New York for Bermuda. 
 

 

Willochra
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Willochra
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Willochra
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Willochra
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WILLOCHRA Panama Canal 25/3/1919
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Fort Victoria
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