Name: | WILLYAMA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 25/08/1897 |
Completed: | 11/1897 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 86 |
Dimensions: | 2705grt, 1713nrt, 325.5 x 45.1 x 21.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 61 x 42ins), 251nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 108264 |
History: | |
11/1897 | George S Yuill, London; registered at London |
1898 | Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, Adelaide; registered at Adelaide |
13/04/1907 | Wrecked |
Comments: | Some sources have launched 13/11/1897, but ran trials 18/11/1897 |
11/1897: Yuill was probably an Agent for Adelaide Steamship Co | |
13/04/1907: Wrecked off Rhino Head, at Marion Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia | |
On a voyage from Newcastle NSW to Port Pirrie with a cargo of coal |
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia
Above photo is copyright of the State Library of South Australia