Ship Details

Rig

Steel Screw Steamer, 3 x 477nhp.

Built

1890

Built In

Tonnage

2,501g 1,355n

Dimensions

305.0 x 40.0 x 19.8

Demise

Adelaide Steamship Co., reg. Port Adelaide. 1916 Mar.: D.MacDonald. 1917 Mar.: Transferred to Hong Kong. 1923: Re-engined. 1941 Dec.: Escaped from Hong Kong ahead of the Japanese occupation, with only sufficient fuel to reach Manila where she was bombed and sunk at the end of the month.

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My wife is the g-g-granddaughter of William D. Blatchly. One of his sons was Herbert John Blatchly who immigrated to Australia around 1894 from Canada. The family immigrated from Liverpool to Canada in 1881. I am searching for more information and photos of Herbert J. Blatchly, he was credited with bringing ice0hockey from Canada to Melbourne and was capt of the first organized hockey team in Melbourne in 1906.

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