Wyreema
 Wyreema docked at Townsville, 1923
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Namesake | Māori: Meeting Place of Three Rivers |
| Owner | Australian United Steam Navigation Company (A.U.S.N.) |
| Builder | A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Completed | 1908[1] |
| Fate | Broken up 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,388 GRT,[1] 3,362 NRT |
| Length | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Wyreema was an Australian steamship named after the town of Wyreema, Queensland.
She was a passenger liner that was hired to transport Australian Army Nursing Service nurses to Europe during World War I.[2] However, with the end of the war, she was recalled from South Africa. Nurses from the ship were then volunteers at the Woodman Point Quarantine Station in Western Australia, nursing soldiers who were Spanish flu victims who landed from the ship Boonah.
She is reported to have "run down" and sunk SS Currajong in Sydney Harbour in 1910.[3][4]
In 1926, she was sold to Brazil and was renamed Dom Pedro I.
References[]
- ^ a b "Lloyd's Register: Underwriters, Volume 2". 1921.
- ^ "Sister Rosa O'Kane Grave, Woodman Point". The Gardens – Family History. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "The Wrecks of Sydney: SS Currajong". Blue Beyond. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "TSS Currajong". Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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