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Name: NYORA launched as NEPEAN
Launched: 20/05/1909
Completed: 08/1909
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 261
Dimensions: 306grt, 5nrt, 135.0 x 25.1 x 13.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 33ins), 206nhp, 1300 ihp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 120760
History:
08/1909 Huddart Parker Pty Ltd, Melbourne
01/11/1909 Registered at Melbourne
30/04/1912 Huddart Parker Ltd, Melbourne
09/07/1917 Sank
Comments: 20/05/1909: Launched as NEPEAN, for Huddart Parker Pty Ltd
09/07/1917: Foundered 50 miles off Kingston, South Australia
Lost off Cape Jaffe whilst towing the American auxiliary schooner ASTORIA from Port Adelaide to Sydney; of 16 crew only two survived, the master Capt McBain and the helmsman
18/07/1917: Registry closed
Thanks to Buster J Browne for the above details


Above photo copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo copyright of Allan C Green

Above photo copyright of Allan C Green