SS Loongana explained
| -- commercial vessels --> | +SS Loongana| Ship Image: | File:StateLibQld 1 149943 Loongana (ship).jpg | | Ship Caption: | built in 1904 and scrapped in 1934 |
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| | Ship Builder: | William Denny and Brothers | | Ship Launched: | 1904 | | Ship In Service: | 1904-1934 | | Ship Fate: | Scrapped 1934 |
| Ship Tonnage: | 2448 tons | | Ship Length: | 300feet | | Ship Beam: | 43feet |
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SS Loongana was a
Bass Strait passenger ship initially owned by
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. In 1922 she was transferred to
Tasmanian Steamers Pty Ltd. SS Loongana was in service between 1904-1934 and was the first ship registered in the Southern Hemisphere with steam turbine propulsion.During the
1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster she crossed the strait in 12 hours and 46 minutes at, carrying rescue gear from
Victorian mines.
Loongana is an Aboriginal word meaning to be swift or to fly.
Sources
- Book: Blainey, Geoffrey . The Peaks of Lyell . 6th . St. David's Park Publishing . Hobart . 2000 . 0-7246-2265-9.
- Book: Clements, Graham . Bass Strait Passenger Ships . Alexander . Alison . The Companion to Tasmanian History . 2005 . Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania . 1-86295-223-X.
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