Fate Scrapped in 1969 Launched 1938 Weight 4,307 tons | Displacement 4,239 gross ton Length 112 m Draft 7.47 m | |
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Name Barossa (1938-1964)
Cronulla (1964-1969) Namesake Barossa Valley
Cronulla Owner Adelaide Steamship Company (1938-1964) Builder Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee | ||
The SS Barossa was a 4,239 gross ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1938. She was heavily damaged and sank as a result of damage suffered during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. She was salvaged and refloated. Barossa was transferred to Associated Steamships in January 1964, before being sold in May and renamed Cronulla.
Fate
Cronulla was damaged in a typhoon and declared a total wreck and was scrapped in 1969 at Hong Kong.
References
SS Barossa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA