| Name: | HYMETTUS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/11/1905 |
| Completed: | 01/1906 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 785 |
| Dimensions: | 4782grt, 3004nrt, 400.4 x 52.2 x 24.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 76 x 51ins), 580nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 120730 |
| History: | |
| 01/1906 | A Currie & Co, Melbourne |
| 1913 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Glasgow |
| 1926 | Harada Kisen KK, Kobe, Japan; renamed SEIUN MARU |
| 29/07/1937 | Sank |
| Comments: | Purchase price £66,700 |
| Accommodation for 22 x 1st class & 26 x 2nd Class passengers | |
| Used on the India to Australia service | |
| 1915 to 1917 Requisitioned by the Australian Government as a trooop transport | |
| 28/07/1937: Collided with BENMOHR off Choshi | |
| 29/07/1937: Sank 20 miles NE of Choshi | |
| On a voyage from Sakhalin to Kawasaki with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan Green