SS Wollongbar (1922)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Wollongbar |
| Owner: | North Coast Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder: | Lithgows, Port Glasgow |
| Yard number: | 746 |
| Launched: | 1922 |
| Fate: | Torpedoed and sunk on 29 April 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,240 gross tons |
| Length: | 285.1 ft (86.9 m) |
| Beam: | 42.1 ft (12.8 m) |
| Draught: | 23.9 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion engine |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Wollongbar was a 2,239-ton passenger steamship built by the Lithgows, Port Glasgow in 1922 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, as a replacement for SS Wollongbar (1911) which was wrecked in 1921.
She was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-180 off Crescent Head, New South Wales while in a convoy on 29 April 1943. When she sank, thirty two crew members died and five of her crew waited until they were rescued.
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