[Gordy Ross]

ARMAGH

New Zealand

Armagh 1917-1923. (Pass-cargo ref.) USSCo. 1917-1923.

ON: 140369
ID: 1140369
Year: 1917
Name: ARMAGH
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: GBR
Launched: 23.4.17
Completed: 10.17
Owner: Union S.S.Co of New Zealand Ltd, GBR London.
Builder: Swan Hunter WR, Wallsend on Tyne.
Yard No: 963
Link: 1488
Starke: V1917 #42
GRT: 12,269
NRT: 7,878
LPP: 161.7
Beam: 19.2
2ST-16 knots. 4 Steam turbines geared to 2 shafts.
8 single boilers 190psi by Wallsend Slipway Co., Newcastle.

Sister: Federal Line’s Northumberland.

1923 whilst leaving Liverpool bound for Brisbane, she stranded on Taylors Bank at the mouth of the River Mersey on 15-12-1923. She broke her back and became a total loss. [Liverpool-Brisbane, general]

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green collection Vic Australia

Details: Mirimar ship Index

Cheers and GB

Gordy