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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
ZEALANDIA |
120764 |
AUS |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1910 |
28/12/1909 |
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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 |
2x Q.4cy (24½, 35, 49½, 70 x 48)", 1157nhp, 15knots 2-Screw |
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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 |
Passenger acc, 200 1st, 120 2nd, 126 3rd Crew, about 130. |
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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