Caption
Passenger Vessel "S.S. Warilda". Built in 1912 by William Beardmore & Co - Dalmuir, Scotland. Owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd, she operated in Australian Coastal services. In 1912 she took her first voyage and in 1915 she was commandeered as a troopship. In 1918 she was converted into a hospital ship and was torpedoed and sunk by a German Submarine in the English Channel.
Propulsion: twin screw, quadruple expansion steam
Tonnage: 7780
Dimensions: length 130, breadth 17m
Maximum Speed: 16 knots
Passengers: 240 first class, 117 second class, 60 third class.
Refer - "Home & Back" by Stuart Bremer
Citation
CC-BY
Source
South Australian Maritime Museum, donated by C.G. Wightman
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File reference
1445