Name: | KITTIWAKE |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 29/07/1919 |
Completed: | 08/1919 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1080 |
Dimensions: | 1896grt, 982nrt, 290.3 x 42.5 x 18.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 34 & 56 x 42ins), 318nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Reg Number: | 135724 |
History: | |
23/08/1919 | Cork Steamship Co Ltd, Cork |
1922 | British & Continental Steamship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
1935 | J Patrick & Co Ltd, Sydney NSW; renamed CARDROSS |
14/12/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 14/12/1940: Sank while under tow after a collision with FIONA |
10 miles SE of Botany Bay in position 34.07S - 151.32E | |
On a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne carrying general cargo |
Above photo as KITTIWAKE is courtesy of Colin Leonard
Above photo as KITTIWAKE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as CARDROSS is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo as CARDROSS is copyright of Allan C Green