Category:Duntroon (ship, 1935)

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Ship[edit]

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• Built by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Neptune Yard, Low Walker
• Yard No: 1460
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• Date of completion: 1935
• Length over all: 143.9 m
• LPP: m
• Beam: 19.9 m
• Draught: m
• GRT: 10,346
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• Main engine:
• Speed: 19 kn

History[edit]

• 1935 Named: Duntroon for Melbourne SS Co, Melbourne and used on Australian coastal services. Flag: Australia
• 20.11.1940 Collided with and sank the minesweeper Goorangai with the loss of her entire crew of 24.
• 1942 Requisitioned as troopship.
• 1950 Returned to owners
• 1960 Sold to Grosvenor Shipping Co, Hong Kong and resold to Kie Hock Shipping Co, Hong Kong.
• 1961 Renamed: Tong Hoo and used on Hong Kong – Indonesia passenger service.
• 1966 Sold to Africa Shipping Co. Renamed: Lydia and used for India / Pakistan – East Africa route.
• 1967 Laid up at Singapore
• 1973 Last voyage Yokosuka to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where she was scrapped.