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WOLLONGBAR
Wollongbar(2)

Australian

1922 - 1943

2,239 gross tons, 874 net.

Lbd: 285'1" x 42'1" x 23'9". Steel steamship of two funnels built by Lithgows Ltd., Glasgow, to replace vessel of same name wrecked Byron Bay, 1921. 218 horsepower. Capable of 20 knots.

This replacement vessel along with the Orara became very popular for passengers in a service that ran Sydney to Byron Bay and from there connected to Brisbane via omnibus. Torpedoed by Japanese submarine off Crescent Head, New South Wales, 29 April 1943.

No passengers aboard however 32 crew perished with only five survivors

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia

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More information, Details: Gary Lane (Oceania Shipping Forum)

Length 285Ft Beam 42Ft 2239 GRT 1942 Net Powered by a Triple Expansion Steam Engine driving a Single Screw. Service Speed 16Knts

1922 Built by Lithgows Ltd of Port Glasgow being launched in the middle of August for the North Coast Steam Navigation Co and named

Wollongbar. She sailed fro Glasgow on the 4th November calling at Gibralta on the 13th November before sailing through the

Mediterranean and the Suez Canal reaching Sydney on the 24th December.

1923 She entered service in early January running between Sydney and Byron Bay. She had passenger accomadation for approx 200.

After a few years on the run it was found that she was only profitable during the summer months so she was laid up for the rest of

the time.

1927 She was chartered to Huddart Parker Ltd after their vessel Riverina was wrecked. She was put on the Sydney to Hobart run.

After this she was chartered for a few years to Tasmanian Steamers in the winter months to replace their vessel Nairana for her

overhauls. She ran between Melbourne and Launceston.

1939 The outbreak of W.W.11 the company thought it wold not have an effect on her as she had been used to being laid up for lengthy

spells. This proved incorrect and she was engaged all year round carrying passengers and dairy products from the Northern areas to

Sydney.

1943 Whilst on passage from Byron Bay to Sydney with a full cargo of dairy products and 37 passengers on the evening of 28th April

she was hit by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine hitting her amidships on the port side.
The damage was devastating and she sank in aprox half a minute with only 5 survivors.
For months after the coast line was littered with boxes of butter and other produce from the sunken wreck.

After the War the North Coast Steam Navigation Company stopped their passenger service to Byron Bay.

Details: Gary Lane (Oceania Shipping Forum)

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