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Name: KITTIWAKE
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 29/07/1919
Completed: 08/1919
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1080
Dimensions: 1896grt, 982nrt, 290.3 x 42.5 x 18.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 318nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: 135724
History:
23/08/1919 Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork
1922 British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool
1935 J Patrick & Co Ltd, Sydney NSW; renamed CARDROSS
14/12/1940 Sank
Comments: 14/12/1940: Sank while under tow after a collision with FIONA
10 miles SE of Botany Bay in position 34.07S - 151.32E
On a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne carrying general cargo


Above photo as KITTIWAKE is courtesy of Colin Leonard

Above photo as KITTIWAKE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as CARDROSS is copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo as CARDROSS is copyright of Allan C Green