Name: | ILLAROO |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 04/12/1884 |
Completed: | 03/01/1885 |
Builder: | J Wigham Richardson & Co |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 183 |
Dimensions: | 515grt, 318nrt, 572dwt, 165.0 x 26.2 x 14.5ft |
Engines: | C2cyl (23 & 44 x 33ins), 82rhp |
Engines by: | J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.6knots (trials) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 89340 |
History: | |
21/03/1885 | Bulli Coal Mining Co, Sydney, NSW |
1890 | Wallarah Coal Co Ltd, Sydney, NSW |
1919 | JG White, Sydney, NSW |
1920 | G Baretto, Manila; renamed ANDRES |
1923 | Ty Cameo Sobrino, Manila; renamed VISAYAS |
1929 | Cebu Nav Co (J Manners & Co, managers), Cebu; renamed ISLAS VISAYAS |
1940 | La Naviera Filipina Inc, Cebu |
1941 | Wallem & Co, Panama |
12/1941 | Government of Japan |
23/06/1942 | Imperial Japanese Navy; renamed AMOI MARU No 3 |
1946 | Wallem & Co, Panama |
28/03/1953 | Broken up |
Comments: | Contract price £11600, Profit £419-17s-10d |
1903: In collision with ILLAWARRA off Dawes Point, Sydney harbour | |
06/1903: Stranded at Catherine Hill Bay | |
1923: Registered under USA flag | |
07/12/1941: Captured by the Japanese in the South China Sea, and enlisted into the Imperial Japanese Navy on 23/06/1942, under the name No 1449, as well as AMOI MARU No 3 | |
1946: Brought back to Hong Kong by the Ministry of War Transport and sold by public auction. J Manners bought her back and she reverted to her previous name | |
03/1952: On charter to International Salvage Association (Malaya) Ltd, to act as a supply ship in the salvage operations of the "Empress of Asia", which had been sunk by Japanese bombers off Sultan Shoal Lighthouse | |
28/03/1953:Broken up at Hong Kong |