Caption
Passenger vessel "Kyarra", built in 1903 by Wm Denny & Bros - Dumbarton, Scotland. Owned by Australasian United Steam Navigation Co and operated around Australia's coasts. She took her first voyage in 1903 and was commandeered as a hospital ship in 1914, in 1917 she was converted intop a troopship and in 1918 converted into a hospital ship, torpedoed in June 1918 and sunk in the English channel, with 9 lives lost.
Propulsion: twin screw, quadruple expansion steam engine
Tonnage: 6953
Dimensions: length 126, breadth 16m
Maximum Speed: 12 knots
Passengers: first 125, second 136, third 250
Refer - "Home and Back" by Stuart Bremer
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Source
Port Adelaide Nautical Museum
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