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| shipname = SS Charon
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| shipowner = Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - A Holt & Co., Fremantle / Liverpool
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| shipbuilder = Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee
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| shipyardnumber = 166
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| shiplaunched = 31 Oct 1903
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| shipcompleted = 1903
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| shipinservice = 1950
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| shiptonnage = 2,682 tons
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| shiplength = 306.1 ft (93.3m)
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| shipbeam = 45.2 ft (13.8m)
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| shipdepth = 19.8 ft (6.04m)
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| shippropulsion = single screw
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==Remarks==
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This ship was owned jointly by the Blue Funnel Line and the West Australian Steam Navigation Co. The ''SS Charon'' plied the Perth / Western Australian regional ports / Darwin / Singapore run for 20 years before being sold in 1925 to Yuan Heng S.S. Co. - Quach Dam, Swatow, and renamed as ''Yuan Lee''.  
  
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In 1935 she was sold first to Mok H. Kiu, Hong Kong who namd her ''King Lee'' and then to Kwangtung Products Sales Bureau, Canton and renamed ''Wing Fook''.  In 1941 she was sold to Wallem & Co., Panama / Hong Kong and named ''Iris'', and then in 1947 sold a last time to Shaw Hsing Steamship Co. Ltd., Shanghai and renamed ''Hsiang Hsing''. The ship was stranded in Keelung Harbour on 7 Mar 1950, before being refloated on 2 Jul 1950 and then broken up for scrap.
  
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[[File:SS_Charon_2.jpg|600px]]
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AWM Photo 099270 30 Nov 1945 Rabaul, New Guinea
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===Singapore to Fremantle 10 - 20 December 1919===
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*[[Inez Clare Cronin]]
  
==Remarks==
 
Owned by the Blue Funnel Line. The SS Charon plied the Perth / Western Australian regional ports / Darwin / Singapore run for 20 years before being sold and renamed in 1925 as Yuan Lee.  In 1935 sold again, and renamed King Lee, and then Wing Fook.  In 1941 named Iris, and then in 1947 sold a last time and renamed Hsiang Hsing.
 
Wrecked at Keelung Harbour 7 Mar 1950 and broken up. .
 
  
==Soldiers carried==
 
  
==Singapore to Fremantle 10 - 20 December 1919==
 
*[[Inez Claire Cronin]]
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:41, 7 October 2023

SS Charon
SS Charon.jpg
courtesy State Library of Western Australia
SS Charon 1.jpg
History
Name SS Charon
Owner Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - A Holt & Co., Fremantle / Liverpool
Builder Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Dundee
Yard number 166
Launched 31 Oct 1903
Completed 1903
In service 1950
Fate scrapped
General characteristics
Type passenger / cargo
Tonnage 2,682 tons
Length 306.1 ft (93.3m)
Beam 45.2 ft (13.8m)
Depth 19.8 ft (6.04m)
Propulsion single screw
Speed 10 knots (18.52 km/h)



Remarks

This ship was owned jointly by the Blue Funnel Line and the West Australian Steam Navigation Co. The SS Charon plied the Perth / Western Australian regional ports / Darwin / Singapore run for 20 years before being sold in 1925 to Yuan Heng S.S. Co. - Quach Dam, Swatow, and renamed as Yuan Lee.


In 1935 she was sold first to Mok H. Kiu, Hong Kong who namd her King Lee and then to Kwangtung Products Sales Bureau, Canton and renamed Wing Fook. In 1941 she was sold to Wallem & Co., Panama / Hong Kong and named Iris, and then in 1947 sold a last time to Shaw Hsing Steamship Co. Ltd., Shanghai and renamed Hsiang Hsing. The ship was stranded in Keelung Harbour on 7 Mar 1950, before being refloated on 2 Jul 1950 and then broken up for scrap.


SS Charon 2.jpg

AWM Photo 099270 30 Nov 1945 Rabaul, New Guinea

Soldiers carried

Singapore to Fremantle 10 - 20 December 1919