| Name: | WERFA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 14/10/1883 |
| Completed: | 12/1883 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 519 |
| Dimensions: | 948grt, 602nrt, 216.0 x 30.2 x 15.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (27 & 51 x 33ins), 98rhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89167 |
| History: | |
| 17/12/1883 | The "Werfa" Steam Ship Co Ltd (Evens & Grasdorff), Cardiff |
| 1892 | Walter J Tillett & Co, Cardiff |
| 1898 | George Niven, London |
| 1898 | Bellambi Coal Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne; registered at Sydney |
| 1914 | McIlwraith & McEacharn Pty Ltd, Melbourne |
| 21/03/1929 | Sank |
| Comments: | Note that the TIC has a launch date of 14/11/1883 |
| 1914: Converted to a coal hulk at Melbourne | |
| 04/08/1925: American destroyer USS MACDONOUGH, when swinging out of dock, | |
| rammed the hulk of the WERFA, which sank in 30ft of water. Subsequently raised. | |
| 21/03/1929: Scuttled off Port Philip heads |
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Above photo is copyright of Allen C Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
The Engineer, 01/12/1883