SS Kwinana

Kwinana on what is now Kwinana Beach, Western Australia
History
Australia
Name	Darius (1892–1912) Kwinana (1912–22)
Namesake	Darius the Great of Persia (1892–1912) Kimberley Aboriginal word for "young woman" or "pretty maid" (1912–22)
Owner	Archibald Currie & Co (1892–1912) State Shipping Service of Western Australia (1912–22)
Port of registry	Melbourne (1892–1912) Fremantle (1912–22)
Route	Australia – Calcutta (1892–1912) Western Australia coastal service (1912–20)
Builder	William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Launched	24 September 1892
Completed	November 1892
Identification	UK official number 101707
Fate	Damaged by fire 1920–21, ran aground 1922
General characteristics
Tonnage	3,295 GRT 2,130 NRT 5,020 LT DWT
Length	345 ft (105 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	22 ft (6.71 m)
Depth	25 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power	361 NHP
Propulsion	3-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine
Sail plan	schooner rig
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Capacity	24 passengers (from 1912)

SS Kwinana was an Australian ocean-going cargo and passenger steamship. She was built in England in 1892 as the cargo ship SS Darius. In 1912 she changed owners, was refitted as a cargo and passenger ship and renamed Kwinana.

She was damaged in 1920–21 by a fire in her cargo, and wrecked in 1922 when she drifted ashore about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Fremantle, Western Australia. The site of her wreck is now called Kwinana Beach, and her remains are automatically protected by Australian Federal Law.