Ship Details
Rig
Steel Screw Steamer, 3 x 1,600 ihp.
Built
1908
Built In
Tonnage
1,310g 762n
Built By
Dimensions
230.2 x 36.1 x 13.9
Demise
Adelaide Steamship Co., reg. Port Adelaide. Built for the Spencer Gulf passenger service. 1935 Oct.: Sold to China and intended to steam to Canton towing the old tanker Vincas to th breakers. 1935 Dec.: Picked up the tow in Western Port ,Vic., the tow parted or was disconnected in Bass strait off the Gippsland coast (26 Dec). The Paringa was sighted once again and then vanished. The Vincas drifted ashore, was anchored and later towed to the Far East.
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