SS Industria
From Our Contribution
 courtesy Harlepool Museum Service | |
 courtesy H. Appleyard | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Industria |
| Owner | Metcalfe Shipping Company Ltd |
| Builder | William Gray & Co, (1918) Ltd |
| Launched | 1940 |
| Completed | 1940 |
| In service | 1940 |
| Reclassified | Tramp steamer |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo |
| Tonnage | 4,734 tons |
| Length | 431.6 ft (131.55m) |
| Beam | 56.2 ft (17.13m) |
| Depth | 25.6 ft (7.80m) |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 9 knots (16.7 km/h) |
Remarks
Built in 1940 by William Gray & Co, (1918) Ltd for the Metcalfe Shipping Company of Hartlepool. The only visit she made to Australia during WW2 was the trip carrying Cyril and his mates.
In 1957 she was sold to the Socoa Shipping Company, Ltd and renamed Teresa. She was nbroken up for scrap at Hirao in Japan after arriving there on 8 Nov 1968.
Soldiers carried
Port Tewfik to Adelaide 7 February - 27 March 1942
- Cyril John Dunnell disembarked Fremantle 17 March and subsequently went AWOL so did not reboard for Port Adelaide.