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Fitzroy (1912)
Fitzroy was a steel-hulled steamship built in 1912 at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland in 1912. Thirty-one people were killed when Fitzroy capsized in a gale whilst carrying a general cargo between Coffs Harbour and Sydney off Cape Hawke, New South Wales on 26 June 1921.
The vessel was a steel single deck and the bridge ship with two masts and an elliptical stern. Its dimensions were:
Displacement:
The vessel had a 623.38 gross register tons (GRT) and a 281.57 net register tons (NRT) when first manufactured.
Fitzroy was powered by a single steel boiler producing 160 pounds per square inch (1,100 kPa) of steam with the pressure relief valves set to open 180 pounds per square inch (1,200 kPa).
This steam fed a triple-expansion steam engine built by Aitchison, Blair Ltd of Clydebank. It had cylinders of 14 inches (360 mm), 23 inches (580 mm) and 38 inches (970 mm) bore by 24 inches (610 mm) stroke, developed 72 NHP and gave the ship a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).
Fitzroy was mainly used by the shipping firm Langley Brothers as a passenger and general cargo vessel between Coffs Harbour and Sydney.
On 1 May 1913 the ship lost a passenger overboard:
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Fitzroy (1912)
Fitzroy was a steel-hulled steamship built in 1912 at Old Kilpatrick, Scotland in 1912. Thirty-one people were killed when Fitzroy capsized in a gale whilst carrying a general cargo between Coffs Harbour and Sydney off Cape Hawke, New South Wales on 26 June 1921.
The vessel was a steel single deck and the bridge ship with two masts and an elliptical stern. Its dimensions were:
Displacement:
The vessel had a 623.38 gross register tons (GRT) and a 281.57 net register tons (NRT) when first manufactured.
Fitzroy was powered by a single steel boiler producing 160 pounds per square inch (1,100 kPa) of steam with the pressure relief valves set to open 180 pounds per square inch (1,200 kPa).
This steam fed a triple-expansion steam engine built by Aitchison, Blair Ltd of Clydebank. It had cylinders of 14 inches (360 mm), 23 inches (580 mm) and 38 inches (970 mm) bore by 24 inches (610 mm) stroke, developed 72 NHP and gave the ship a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h).
Fitzroy was mainly used by the shipping firm Langley Brothers as a passenger and general cargo vessel between Coffs Harbour and Sydney.
On 1 May 1913 the ship lost a passenger overboard: