Name: | CANOPUS |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 12/03/1903 |
Completed: | 05/1903 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 286 |
Dimensions: | 1337grt, 835nrt, 227.5 x 31.8 x 15.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (21, 35 & 56 x 39ins), 222nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101490 |
History: | |
05/1903 | Westport Coal Company Ltd, Dunedin |
1940 | RW Miller & Co Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW |
1959 | Hornbeam Steamships Ltd (Wheelock, Marden & Co), Hong Kong |
1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1960: Broken up in Kerosene Bay, Sydney |
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