Name: | EMPIRE WINNIE |
Launched: | 02/09/1943 |
Completed: | 31/12/1943 |
Builder: | Clelands (Successors) Ltd, Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 68 |
Dimensions: | 479grt, 34nrt, 136.0 x 30.1 x 15.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (16.5, 27 & 46 x 30ins), 220nhp |
Engines by: | George Clark (1938) Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 169177 |
History: | |
30/12/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (William Watkins, managers), London |
1946 | William Watkins Ltd (JR Watkins, manager), London |
1947 | Renamed ZEALANDIA |
1950 | Ship Towage (London) Ltd |
1951 | Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Melbourne |
1952 | Renamed YUNA |
1962 | Owner re-styled Adelaide Steamship (Operations) Ltd, Melbourne |
1965 | Owner re-styled Swan River Shipping Co Ltd, Melbourne |
1971 | Owner re-styled Adelaide Steamship Industries Pty Ltd, Melbourne |
1971 | Coral R Rotondella, Australia |
1972 | MC & A Michela, Australia |
1974 | Broken up |
Comments: | Englishman/Larch Class |
1951: Sold for £32,000 to Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd | |
1973: Stripped and reduced to a barge | |
1974: Broken up by MC & A Michela at Bunbury Harbour, Western Australia |
Above photo as ZEALANDIA courtesy of Barney Hunt
Above photo as ZEALANDIA courtesy of David Asprey
Above photo as YUNA courtesy of Richard Cox