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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| ZEALANDIA |
120764 |
AUS |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1910 |
20/12/1909 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
| Steel Screw Steamer 2 Masts |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
392 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 6683 grt / 3435 nrt / |
410.4 ft |
54.8 ft |
23.4 ft |
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| Engine builder |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
| Engine detail |
| 2-Screw, 2xQ4cyl (24.5, 35, 49.5, 70 x 48in), 1187nhp, 15 knots |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Huddart Parker & Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne |
Melbourne |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
On arrival in Australia was chartered to Union SS Co of NZ.
1913 took up Huddart Parker coastal services, Sydney - Fremantle. 1918 requisitioned as a troop transport.
1919 returned to owners |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1942 |
Air Attack 19/02/1942 |
| Disposal Detail |
| 19/02/1942 sunk in Japanese air attack at Darwin with the loss of 3 lives. |
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ZEALANDIA
Image courtesy of : Green Collection – State of Victoria Library
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ZEALANDIA
Image courtesy of : Green Collection – State of Victoria Library
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ZEALANDIA
Image courtesy of : Green Collection – State of Victoria Library
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ZEALANDIA
Image courtesy of : City of Vancouver Archives - S. Thomson
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