Difference between revisions of "MS Gorgon"
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+ | | shipname = MS Gorgon | ||
+ | | shipowner = Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - A. Holt & Co. & West Australian S.N. Co. Ltd - Bethell Gwyn & Co., Liverpool | ||
+ | | shipbuilder = Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. | ||
+ | | shipyardnumber = 344 | ||
+ | | shiplaunched = 22 Aug 1933 | ||
+ | | shipcompleted = October 1933 | ||
+ | | shipinservice = 1933 | ||
+ | | shipoutofservice = 1964 | ||
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+ | | shiptype = Passenger/cargo | ||
+ | | shiptonnage = 3,633 tons | ||
+ | | shiplength = 320.3 ft (97.1m) | ||
+ | | shipbeam = 51.2 ft (15.60m) | ||
+ | | shipdepth = 21.6 ft (6.55m) | ||
+ | | shippropulsion = Single screw | ||
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Revision as of 15:28, 9 November 2021
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History | |
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Name | MS Gorgon |
Owner | Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - A. Holt & Co. & West Australian S.N. Co. Ltd - Bethell Gwyn & Co., Liverpool |
Builder | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. |
Yard number | 344 |
Launched | 22 Aug 1933 |
Completed | October 1933 |
In service | 1933 |
Out of service | 1964 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger/cargo |
Tonnage | 3,633 tons |
Length | 320.3 ft (97.1m) |
Beam | 51.2 ft (15.60m) |
Depth | 21.6 ft (6.55m) |
Propulsion | Single screw |
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Remarks
Built for the Holt Blue Funnel Line to operate for the West Australian Steam Navigation Company to the north-west, Java and Singapore. One of a group of 46 ships that were the last to leave Singapore Harbour before the surrender. Of these only 6 made it to Australia safely, MS Gorgon being one of them. In April 1943 the SS Gorgon was bombed and damaged in Milne Bay, with 4 of her crew killed.
Sold for scrap, it arrived at Hong Kong on 10 Aug 1964 for breaking by Leung Yau Company. in 1964