Category:Merinda (ship, 1926)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Ferry
• Built by: Norman Wright & Sons, Brisbane
• Yard No:
• Keel laid: 1925.06.09
• Launched: 1926.03.26
• Completed: 1926
• Length over all: 81.0 ft
• Beam: 16.6 ft
• GRT: 50
• issuu.com, The Register of Australian and New Zealand Shipping 1928-1929
• www.wrightsons.com.au
• trove.nla.gov.au

History[edit]

• 1926 Named Merinda; Flag: Australia
  • Official number: 153472
  • Port: Townsville
  • Owner: Hayles Magnetic Island Ltd.
• Renamed Ronson
  • Owner: Baker Marine Transport Co.
• 1952.05.04 Caught fire and sank in Bowen harbour