35°10′3.7″S 137°37′14.8″E / 35.167694°S 137.620778°E
 Clan Ranald
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Clan Ranald |
| Namesake | Clan Macdonald of Clanranald |
| Owner | Clan Line Steamers Ltd |
| Operator | Cayzer, Irvine & Co |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Builder | William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 279 |
| Launched | 31 July 1900 |
| Completed | September 1900 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | capsized 31 January 1909 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | turret deck ship |
| Tonnage | 3,596 GRT, 2,285 NRT |
| Length | 355.0 ft (108.2 m) |
| Beam | 45.6 ft (13.9 m) |
| Depth | 24.7 ft (7.5 m) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 342 NHP, 2,080 IHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | 2-masted schooner |
| Crew | 64 |
| Notes | sister ship: Clan Gordon |
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SS Clan Ranald is a steamship wreck off the coast of South Australia that is of unique historic importance. She is the only example in Australian waters of a turret deck ship: a type of steel-hulled cargo ship with an unusual hull shape that was built in the 1890s and 1900s.
William Doxford & Sons in England built her in 1900 for Clan Line, which operated the largest fleet of turret deck ships in the World. She capsized in 1909 off the Yorke Peninsula, with the loss of 40 of her 64 crew. Her wreck is protected by the federal Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018.
This is the second of four Clan Line ships that were called Clan Ranald. The first was a steamship built for Charles Cayzer in 1878. Cayzer sold her in 1900, she was renamed Ranald, and sank in 1901.[1] The third was a steamship built for Clan Line in 1917 and sold in 1947. She was renamed Valetta City in 1948 and La Valetta in 1951, and was scrapped in 1958.[2] The fourth was a refrigerated cargo motor ship built in 1965. She became Union-Castle Line's Dover Castle in 1977 and was renamed Dover Universal in 1979. She was sold and renamed Golden Sea in 1981, and scrapped in 1985.[3]
- ^ "Clan Ranald (1878)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
- ^ "Clan Ranald (1917)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.
- ^ "Clan Ranald (1965)". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust.