SS Kwinana
Kwinana on what is now Kwinana Beach, Western Australia
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| Builder: | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
| Launched: | 1892 |
| Completed: | April 1892 |
| Identification: | UK official number 101707 |
| Fate: | damaged by fire 1920–21, ran aground 1922 |
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| Length: | 345 ft (105 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 22 ft (6.71 m) |
| Depth: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Installed power: | 361 NHP |
| Propulsion: | 3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine |
| Sail plan: | schooner rig |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 24 passengers (from 1912) |
SS Kwinana was an Australian ocean-going cargo and passenger steamship. She was built in England in 1892 as the cargo ship SS Darius. In 1912 she changed owners, was refitted as a cargo and passenger ship and renamed Kwinana.
She was damaged in 1920–21 by a fire in her cargo, and wrecked in 1922 when she drifted ashore about 15 miles (24 km) south of Fremantle, Western Australia. The site of her wreck is now called Kwinana Beach, and her remains are automatically protected by Australian Federal Law.
William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland, County Durham built the ship in 1892, completing her that April for Archibald Currie & Co ("Currie Line") of Melbourne, Victoria. She was a sail-steamer, rigged as a schooner but also powered by a 361 NHP three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine that gave her a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h).
The ship was launched as Darius, after King Darius the Great of Persia. A piece of frosted glass depicting Darius on his throne was fixed to her saloon skylight.
Currie Line used Darius for international trade, and particularly carrying horses and general cargo between Australia and Calcutta. Kwinana was given temporary repairs in order to return to Fremantle.
The State Shipping Service of Western Australia (SSS) bought Darius On 14 June 1912 for £19,000. The SSS had her refitted with a passenger saloon in her stern and on 15 July formally renamed her Kwinana with a christening ceremony at Fremantle. The name means "young woman" or "pretty maid" in one of the Australian Aboriginal languages of the Kimberley region.
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