| Name: | BANGOR launched as BOOMERANG |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/10/1911 |
| Completed: | 12/1911 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 173 |
| Dimensions: | 5133grt, 3185nrt, 385.0 x 54.0 x 27.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 516nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1915: 57841) |
| History: | |
| 12/1911 | Fred Olsen & A/S, Kristiania |
| 1914 | Rederi A/S Bangor, Oslo |
| 1915 | British Admiralty; registered at Port Stanley; renamed SEATTLE |
| 1915 | British Government; registered at London |
| 1919 | Government of South Africa, London |
| 1927 | Matsuoka Kisen KK, Fuchu; renamed TOYOKAWA MARU |
| 05/07/1945 | Sank |
| Comments: | 10/10/1911: Launched as BOOMERANG for Peter Olsen, Christiania |
| 14/03/1915: Seized by HMS BRISTOL in the Strait of Magellan | |
| BANGOR was carrying coal & stores for German commerce raider SMS DRESDEN | |
| 05/07/1945: Sunk by an aerial mine off Shimonoseki, Japan |
Above photo as BANGOR is courtesy of Morten Bjorndalen
Above photo as TOYOKAWA MARU is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost collection
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 11/10/1911