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The Tuncurry II was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1909 at Tuncurry, Australia.[1]
painting by Alfred Dufty | |
History | |
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Australia | |
Name | Tuncurry II (1909–1950) |
Owner |
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Port of registry | Sydney (1909–1950) |
Builder | John Wright, Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia |
Completed | 1909 |
Identification | Ship official number 15042, ON 125205 |
Fate | wrecked 9 April 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wood carvel screw steamer |
Tonnage | |
Length | 147 ft 0 in (44.81 m) |
Beam | 28 ft 2 in (8.59 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) |
Installed power | Steam 40nhp 2x C.2Cy.11" &22" Ross & Duncan, Glasgow plus sails |
Propulsion | twin 4 Blade Screw |
Sail plan | ketch |
Armament | Vickers Machine Gun |
Notes | Some reports say burnt in Kerosene Bay in June 1952. Wrecked: off Sydney |
The ship was designed to enable navigation of the shallow bars when entering estuaries. Also for general cargo and the accommodation for 21 saloon class passengers.[2] In the 1930s, the ship was used as a collier.[3]
In 1921 at Tuncurry, the ship was lengthened by almost twenty feet by Ernest Wright, son of John Wright.[4]
The Tuncurry II was used by the Royal Australian Navy to transport cargo. A Vickers machine gun was fitted at Garden Island.[5] The ship was purchased by the Commonwealth for the navy in 1944 and sold in 1946.[6][7]
A vessel with a similar name operated at much the same time, and so the Tuncurry (1903) ex Tokelau should not be confused with the Tuncurry (1909).
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