KATOOMBA

Australian - McIlwraith, McEacharn's

Katoomba 1913-1959.

ON: 132443
IDNo: 1132443
Year: 1913
Name: KATOOMBA
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: AUS
Launch Date: 10.4.13
Date of completion: 10.7.13
Owner: McIlwraith, McEacharn's Line Pty Ltd., AUS Melbourne.
Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast.
Link: 1600
Yard No: 437
V1913 #357
GRT: 9,424
LPP: 137.3
Beam: 18.4
3Txt-16 knots.

1949 sold to Cia Maritima del Este SA, PAN Panama, r/n COLUMBIA

1952 sold to Neptunia Shipping Co SA, PAN Panama. Same name.

1959 BU Nagasaki 29.9.59

Details: Mirimar Ship Index

Photo Credits: The Late Don Ross collection

My father sailed in this ship the early part of the second World War