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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