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SS Essex
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History
Name SS Essex
Owner Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
Builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Yard number 354
Launched 1 Nov 1902
Completed 16 Dec 1902
In service 1903
Out of service 1932
Fate broken up
General characteristics
Type Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
Tonnage 7,016 tons
Length 460.4 ft
Beam 58.2 ft
Depth 31.2 ft



Remarks

Little is known about this ship other than she returned troops to Australia in 1919.

In 1927 she was sold to Compagnie Internationale de Commerce et d'Armement in Antwerp.

Soldiers carried

England to Fremantle 15 June 1919 - 16 July 1919