| History | |
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| Name: | Wollongbar |
| Owner: | North Coast Steam Navigation Company |
| Builder: | Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon |
| Yard number: | 229 |
| Launched: | 1911 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on 14 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 2,005 Gross register tons |
| Length: | 285.2 ft (86.9 m) [1] |
| Beam: | 40.2 ft (12.3 m) |
| Draught: | 23.8 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion engine |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Wollongbar was a 2,005-ton passenger steamship built by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company, Troon in 1911 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company. [2]
She was wrecked at Byron Bay on 14 May 1921 after being blown aground during a gale at 28°38′14″S153°36′37″E / 28.637086°S 153.610378°E Coordinates: 28°38′14″S153°36′37″E / 28.637086°S 153.610378°E . Her wreck was broken up in situ.
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