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| Official Number |
Date |
Builder |
Tonnage |
L |
B |
D |
Fate |
| 101745 |
1902 |
Palmers Jarrow, UK |
2411 |
360.7 |
48.8 |
27.5 |
Transferred to B.I 1913
Torpedoed 1944 |
| Capt Colin McDonald - Master 1904 to 1905, 1921 & 1922 |
A slightly enlarged version of the Fortunatus flush deck model built for the Archibald Currie Line.
| 1902 |
July 22nd - Launched |
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Maiden voyage via New York and Dunedin under the command of Captain Walter Frith. |
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| 1904 |
February 5th - While under the command of Commodore-Master Capt Colin McDonald Gracchus picked up the survivors of the wrecked Laomene, 160 miles off Rangoon. |
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| 1905 |
Grounded in the Adelaide river while under the pilot, stuck in the mud overnight, no damage so continued her voyage. |
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| 1913 |
Aquired by the British India Steam Navigation Co with the rest of the Currie fleet. |
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| 1923 |
Sold to the Hashiya K.K in and renamed Daiboshi Maru #6. |
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| 1944 |
Torpedoed and sunk by USS Spadefish 29/11/. |
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