ERROL 4,465 gross tons. Lb: 365' x 47'3". (111.2 x 14.4 metres) Single screw triple expansion engine = 11 knots. Built by C Connell & Co. Ltd., Glasgow as Erroll for James Warrack & Co., Leith. 1919 purchased by Australind Steam Shipping Co (Trinder, Anderson), London. Not renamed. 1924 sold to Shakespear Shipping Co. (Glover Brothers), London renamed Spenser. March 1934 scrapped at Rosyth
MONTROSE 4,452 gross tons. Lb: 111.2 x 14.4 metres. Single screw triple expansion engine making 11 knots. Cargo only. 1919 purchased by Australind Steam Shipping Co (Trinder, Anderson), London from original owner James Warrack & Co., Leith. Not renamed, 1924 sold to Shakespear Shipping Co. (Glover Brothers), London renamed Milton. 1932 scrapped at Genoa under the name Miltonia
GASCOYNE 3,669 gross tons. Lb: 110.0 x 14.1 metres. Steel hull twin screws Triple expansion engine making 14 knots. Built at Beardmore's Dalmuir Naval Construction Works Glasgow (their 2nd commercial build) as the Quilpue for the Pacific steam navigation Co. 1907. Passenger cargo vessel. 1922 sold to West Australian S N Co., renamed Gascoyne. Scrapped at Osaka Japan 29 January 1932
GORGON 3,533 gross tons. Lb 336' x 51'2" and a service speed of 12 knots. Built by Caledon Ship Building & Engineering Co., Dundee. She was built for a joint operation between Singapore and Western Australia operated by Ocean Steam Ship Co. and West Australian Steam Navigation Co. (Bethell, Gwynn & Co.) In 1936 she was wholly owned by the Ocean Steam Ship Co. Early in 1942 she sailed in convoy MS1 from Melbourne to Singapore where she was subjected to Japanese air attacks but escaped any serious damage. On 3rd February she sailed from Singapore with 358 refugees three days prior to the island being surrendered to the Japanese. Nine days later, on 12th February, she was attacked by high level bombers on six occasions and received two direct hits which set the ship on fire, one blaze being adjacent to the ammunition store. Her Chief Officer, J. Bruce, found a third bomb which had not exploded embedded in bags of flour. Aided by two army men the bomb was dumped over the side. On 4th April 1943 she was again subjected to bombing by Japanese aircraft while she was in Milne Bay, New Guinea. The attack was an act of retaliation following the first Allied success of the war when Australian forces prevented the Japanese army from reaching Port Moresby. During the attack six of her crew were killed, the ship set on fire and was so severely damaged that she had to be towed to Brisbane for repairs. To the ship's credit, two Japanese planes were destroyed. After the war she continued in service until she made her last sailing from Fremantle on 21st July 1964 and was sold in the following August for scrapping at Hong Kong
KARRAKATTA 2,091 gross tons, 1,271 net. Lbd: 300' x 42'2" x 17'6". Steel steamship built by John Scott & Co., Kinghorn for Western Australia S N Co., Fremantle in 1897. Capable of 12 knots, two decks and triple expansion boilers. She mostly worked Fremantle - Singapore route as a passenger vessel, occasionally taking in various Western Australian ports en route. Wrecked 26th March 1901 off Swan Point, King Sound at the North-West coast of Western Australia
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