SS Barossa

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Barossa
History
Name
  • Barossa (1938-1964)
  • Cronulla (1964-1969)
Namesake
OwnerAdelaide Steamship Company (1938-1964)
BuilderCaledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee
Launched1938
FateScrapped in 1969
General characteristics
Displacement4,239 gross ton
Length367 feet 1 inch (111.89 m)[1]
Beam50 feet 3 inches (15.32 m)
Draught24 feet 6 inches (7.47 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion engine. 390 MN, built by J. G. Kincaird Ltd, Greenock

The SS Barossa was a 4,239 gross ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1938. She was heavily damaged and sank as a result of damage suffered during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. She was salvaged and refloated. Barossa was transferred to Associated Steamships in January 1964, before being sold in May and renamed Cronulla.[2]

Fate

Cronulla was damaged in a typhoon and declared a total wreck and was scrapped in 1969 at Hong Kong.

Notes

  1. ^ "Lloyd's Register 1945-46" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 19 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Adelaide Steamship Company". Flotilla Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)