SS Warrimoo

Warrimoo
History
NameWarrimoo
NamesakeWarrimoo, NSW
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderSwan, Hunter, Wallsend
Yard number175
Launched28 May 1892
CompletedJuly 1892
Maiden voyage30 July 1892
Identification
FateSank after collision with Catapulte
General characteristics
Typepassenger and refrigerated cargo ship
Tonnage3,326 GRT, 1,879 NRT
Length345 ft (105 m) registered length
Beam42.2 ft (12.9 m)
Depth25.1 ft (7.7 m)
Installed power722 NHP
Propulsion3-cylinder triple-expansion engine
Speed14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Notessister ship: Miowera

SS Warrimoo was a passenger and refrigerated cargo liner that was launched in 1892 in England for Australian owners, was later owned by two of New Zealand's foremost shipping companies, and finally belonged to a Singaporean company.

Warrimoo was the subject of a claim that she crossed the intersection of the International Date Line and the Equator precisely at the turn of the year from 1899 to 1900.

Warrimoo was a troop ship in the First World War. In 1918 the French destroyer Catapulte collided with Warrimoo in the Mediterranean. In the collision some of Catapulte's depth charges broke loose and fell into the sea, where they detonated and sank both ships.