Name: | NYORA launched as NEPEAN |
Launched: | 20/05/1909 |
Completed: | 08/1909 |
Builder: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Yard Number: | 261 |
Dimensions: | 306grt, 5nrt, 135.0 x 25.1 x 13.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 33ins), 206nhp, 1300 ihp |
Engines By: | JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 120760 |
History: | |
08/1909 | Huddart Parker Pty Ltd, Melbourne |
01/11/1909 | Registered at Melbourne |
30/04/1912 | Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne |
09/07/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/05/1909: Launched as NEPEAN, for Huddart Parker Pty Ltd |
09/07/1917: Foundered 50 miles off Kingston, South Australia | |
Lost off Cape Jaffe whilst towing the American auxiliary schooner ASTORIA from Port Adelaide to Sydney; of 16 crew only two survived, the master Capt McBain and the helmsman | |
18/07/1917: Registry closed | |
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details |
Above photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo copyright of Allan C Green