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Name: WILLYAMA
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/08/1897
Completed: 11/1897
Builder: William Dobson & Co
Yard: Walker
Yard Number: 86
Dimensions: 2705grt, 1713nrt, 325.5 x 45.1 x 21.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 251nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 108264
History:
11/1897 George S Yuill, London; registered at London
1898 Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Adelaide; registered at Adelaide
13/04/1907 Wrecked
Comments: Some sources have launched 13/11/1897, but ran trials 18/11/1897
11/1897: Yuill was probably an Agent for Adelaide Steamship Co
13/04/1907: Wrecked off Rhino Head, at Marion Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
On a voyage from Newcastle NSW to Port Pirrie with a cargo of coal


Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia

Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia

Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia