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| Name | MS Gorgon |
| Builder/Built | 1933 Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. |
| Type | Motor Ship Passenger/cargo |
| Displacement | 3,633 tons |
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Remarks
Built for the Holt Blue Funnel Line to operate for the West Australian Steam Navigation Company to the north-west, Java and Singapore. One of a group of 46 ships that were the last to leave Singapore Harbour before the surrender. Of these only 6 made it to Australia safely, MS Gorgon being one of them. In April 1943 the SS Gorgon was bombed and damaged in Milne Bay, with 4 of her crew killed.
Sold for scrap in 1964