ARAWATTA

Australian - AUSN

Arawatta 1889-1936. (Pass.-cargo) AUSN 1889-1936.

IDNo: 1096649

Year: 1889

Name: ARAWATTA

Type: Passenger/cargo

Launch Date: 28.8.89

Flag: GBR

Date of completion: 10.89

Tons: 2114

Link: 1576

Yard No: 416

LPP: 91.4

Beam: 11.3

Builder: Wm. Denny, Dumbarton.

1T-14 knots.

hulked 1924

scuttled off Sydney Heads 14.9.36

Details: Mirimar Ships Index




Flotilla Australia (re John Hoskings)

ARAWATTA

Australia - AUSN Shipping Co

Built 1889 - 1924

2,114 gross tons,

1,192 net.

Lbd: 300' x 37'1" x 17'6".

Steel steamship built by W Denny & Bros., Dumbarton Glasgow for AUSN.

Power source: Triple expansion engine producing 274 horsepower, two double ended coal fired boilers.

Built as a passenger ship working the main routes of the company.

Sold 28th April 1924 to W Waugh of Sydney who converted her into a hulk.

Scuttled off Sydney Heads September 14th 1936. Sistership to Aramac & Wodonga

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia