Wyreema

Wyreema
Wyreema docked at Townsville, 1923
History
Namesake: Maori: Meeting Place of Three Rivers
Owner: Australian United Steamship Navigation Company (A.U.S.N.)
Builder: A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
Completed: 1908
Fate: Broken up 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
General characteristics
Tonnage: 6,388 GT, 3,362 NT
Length: 400 ft (120 m)
Beam: 54 ft (16 m)
Installed power: Triple expansion steam
Propulsion: Twin screw
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

Wyreema was an Australian steamship. She was a passenger liner that transported nurses to battle during World War I.[1] She is reported to have run down and sunk SS Currajong in 1910.[2][3] In 1926, she was sold to Brazil and was renamed Dom Pedro I.

References

  1. "Sister Rosa O'Kane Grave, Woodman Point". The Gardens – Family History. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  2. "The Wrecks of Sydney: SS Currajong". Blue Beyond. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01.
  3. "TSS Currajong". Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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