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Name: BUNGAREE
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 28/08/1889
Completed: 03/10/1889
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 235
Dimensions: 2893grt,1859nrt, 4522dwt, 335.0 x 42.1 x 24.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 45 & 48 x 48ins), 450nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.7knots (trials)
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 96643
History:
01/10/1889 Wilhelm Lund (Blue Anchor Line), London
1903 Quebec Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed PARIMA
1913 Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal
1917 Registered at Montreal
1919 Furness-Bermuda Line (Furness, Withy & Co), London; registered at Montreal
1921 Bermuda & West Indies SS Co, Hamilton, Bermuda
12/1924 Broken up
Comments: Contract price £43566-9s-10d; Loss £291-9s-10d
Accommodation for 1st & 3rd Class passengers
1894: Fitted with refrigerated holds when the freight rates of wool were low
12/1924: Broken up at La Spezia


Above photo as BUNGAREE is copyright of the State Library of New South Wales. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return

Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 03/09/1889