MS Gorgon
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History |
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Name |
MS Gorgon |
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Owner |
Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. - A. Holt & Co. & West Australian S.N. Co. Ltd - Bethell Gwyn & Co., Liverpool |
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Builder |
Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. |
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Yard number |
344 |
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Launched |
22 Aug 1933 |
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Completed |
October 1933 |
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In service |
1933 |
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Out of service |
1964 |
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General characteristics |
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Type |
Passenger/cargo |
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Tonnage |
3,633 tons |
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Length |
320.3 ft (97.1m) |
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Beam |
51.2 ft (15.60m) |
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Depth |
21.6 ft (6.55m) |
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Propulsion |
Single screw |
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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, it arrived at Hong Kong on 10 Aug 1964 for breaking by Leung Yau Company. in 1964
Soldiers carried
Townsville to Lae, New Guinea 16 - 22 May 1944
Townsville to Lae, New Guinea 14 - 18 August 1944
Brisbane to Aitape, Papua, New Guinea 4 - 10 October 1944
Wewak, New Guinea to Sydney 20 August - 4 September 1945