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SS 'Barcoo
History
Australia
NameSS Barcoo
NamesakeBarcoo River
Owner
BuilderWilliam Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number305[1]
Launched10 August 1885
FateScuttled in 1924
General characteristics
Displacement1,505 gross tons[1]
Length250.1 ft (76.23 m)
Beam36.1 ft (11.00 m)[1]
Draught15.5 ft (4.72 m)
Installed power308 hp
PropulsionTriple expansion engine

SS Barcoo was a 1,505 gross ton passenger ship built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1885 for the Queensland Steam Shipping Company.[2] She was transferred upon merger of parent company to the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company in 1857. She was hulked in 1911 and requistioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914 and utilised as a coal hulk in Sydney Harbour.[2][1]

Fate

Barcoo was scuttled by naval gunfire on 1 February 1924 off Sydney Heads in the Sydney Disposal Area.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "Barcoo". Clyde-built ships. Retrieved 9 March 20120. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Queensland Steam Shipping Company". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 9 March 20120. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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