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SS Narrara circa 1905
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History | |
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Name | Narara |
Owner | Messrs D A Mitchell and T H Johnston Hawkesbury Steam Navigation Company's |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
Completed | 1900 |
Maiden voyage | on or about 16 January 1900 |
In service | 1900 |
Out of service | 1909/05/29 |
Identification | Sydney registration number: 1/1900 Ship official number: 112479 |
Fate | Wrecked 29 May 1909 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wood carvel screw steamer |
Tonnage | |
Length | 79 ft 8 in (24.28 m) |
Beam | 18 ft 9 in (5.72 m) |
Draught | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Installed power | Compound |
Crew | 7 |
The Narara was a wooden carvel screw steamer built in 1900 at Jervis Bay, that was wrecked when it sprang a leak while carrying general cargo between Sydney and the Hawkesbury River and was lost at 2 ml SE off Little Reef Newport near, Barranjoey, New South Wales on 29 May 1909. The vessel commenced her runs from Sydney Harbour to the Hawkesbury River in January 1900 and continued on this run till the time of her final 1909 sinking. During 1903 the vessel was burned to the water line and sank at its mooring only to be refloated and rebuilt and started back on the same run.