Wyreema
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The SS Wyreema (Maori for "Meeting Place of Three Rivers") was an Australian steamship. She was a passenger liner, who transported nurses to battle during World War I.[1] She is reported to have "run down" and sunk the SS Currajong in 1910.[2][3]
[edit] Details
- Owners: Australian United Steamship Navigation Company (A.U.S.N.)
- Built: 1908 by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland.
- Tonnage: 6,388 gross / 3,362 net.
- Dimensions: 400 x 54 ft (121.9 x 16.4 m).
- Service Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
- Engines: Triple Expansion.
- Propulsion: Twin Screws.
- Pronounced: 'why - REEM - ah'.
- Broken Up: 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[edit] References
- ^ Sister Rosa O'Kane Grave, Woodman Point at thegardensfamily.com
- ^ The Wrecks of Sydney: SS Currajong at divesite.paroz.com
- ^ TSS Currajong at michaelmcfadyenscuba.info
