Name: | TARCOOLA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 23/01/1902 |
Completed: | 02/1902 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 137 |
Dimensions: | 2647grt, 1677nrt, 326.0 x 45.4 x 21.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 277nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 89450 |
History: | |
02/1902 | Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Port Adelaide |
1933 | Australian Tramp Steamers Ltd, Hong Kong |
1933 | North China Steamship Co Ltd, Tientsin; renamed PEI AN |
c1941 | Under Japanese control, designated HOKUAN GO |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1933: Employed in transporting Australian flour to Hong Kong |
No trace since end of the war in 1945 | |
1955: Deleted from Lloyd’s Register |
Above photo as TARCOOLA copyright of the National Library of Australia
Above photo as TARCOOLA copyright of the South Australian Maritime Museum