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HMAS Bungaree
HMAS Bungaree was a cargo steamship. She was built in Scotland in 1937 as Bungaree for the Adelaide Steamship Company of South Australia. The Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1040, and had her converted into a minelayer. She was Australia's only minelayer in the Second World War, and laid more than 10,000 mines. In 1944 she changed rôles, becoming first a survey ship, and then a stores ship. The Navy returned her to her owners in 1947.
In 1957 the Adelaide SS Co sold Bungaree. Her new owners renamed her Dampier, and registered her in Hong Kong. In 1960 she was sold again; renamed Eastern Mariner; and transferred to the Panamanian flag of convenience. In South Vietnam in 1966 a mine damaged her, and then mortar damage sank her. Japanese salvors raised her, and renamed her Kitagawa Maru No. 15. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1968.
Bungaree was the first of a series of cargo steamships that the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee on the Firth of Tay built between 1937 and 1939 for Australian shipping companies to use in the coastal trade between the different states and territories of Australia. The Adelaide SS Co ordered the first two ships in April 1936. Caledon built them as yard numbers 362 and 363, and launched them in 1937 as Bungaree and Beltana. Yard number 371 was launched in 1938 as Kooringa, a slightly enlarged version for McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. Slightly larger again was yard number 370, which was launched in 1938 as Barossa for the Adelaide SS Co. In 1939 Caledon launched two more ships to the same dimensions as Barossa: yard number 374 as Bundaleer for the Adelaide SS Co, and yard number 380 as Barwon for Huddart Parker.
Mrs MG Anderson, wife of the Chairman of the Directors of the Adelaide SS Co, launched Bungaree in Dundee on 9 February 1937. The ship was named after Bungaree, South Australia. She was completed that May.
Bungaree's lengths were 370 ft 0 in (112.78 m) overall and 357.2 ft (108.9 m) registered. Her beam was 48.7 ft (14.8 m); her depth was 20.5 ft (6.2 m); and her draught was 22 ft 3+1⁄4 in (6.79 m). Her tonnages were 3,043 GRT; 1,592 NRT; and about 5,190 DWT. She was a tweendecker, with five holds. She had lockers for bond and special cargo, and a strongroom for specie and other high-value cargo. She had three masts, and her derricks, when not in use, were stowed upright against them. She had 15 derricks, worked by 14 team winches made by Clarke, Chapman & Co of Gateshead, England, who also made her windlass. One of her derricks could lift up to 25 tons; four could lift ten tons, and the other ten could lift five tons. Her boiler room; engine room; and single funnel were aft, between holds 4 and 5. Amidships she had superstructures with berths for her deck officers and engineer officers. Berths for her crew were in her poop, aft of hold 4. She had a raked bow and cruiser stern.
Bungaree had a single screw. John G Kincaid & Co of Greenock built her main engine, which was a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine. She also had a Bauer-Wach exhaust turbine, made by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, which drove the same propeller shaft via a Föttinger fluid coupling and double reduction gearing. The combined power of her reciprocating engine plus turbine was rated at 390 NHP, or 1,750 ihp at 75.5 rpm, which gave her a speed of about 11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h). The exhaust turbine was for fuel efficiency and economy. At the time, it was argued that for engines between 1,500 and 8,000 shp, a reciprocating engine plus exhaust turbine could be more economic than a diesel engine. Bungaree and her sister ships were coal-burners. Sir Howard Lloyd, one of the directors of the Adelaide SS Co, said that the company wanted to avoid being entirely dependent on oil for bunkering.
Bungaree was registered in Melbourne. Her UK official number was 159564, and her wireless telegraph call sign was VLJX.
On 9 May 1937 Bungaree left Dundee for Australia, with Captain VL Adie as her Master. She sailed via the Cape of Good Hope, and as she crossed the Indian Ocean she made wireless contact with Australia at a range of 2,500 miles (4,000 km). She reached Sydney, New South Wales on 5 July.
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HMAS Bungaree
HMAS Bungaree was a cargo steamship. She was built in Scotland in 1937 as Bungaree for the Adelaide Steamship Company of South Australia. The Royal Australian Navy requisitioned her in 1040, and had her converted into a minelayer. She was Australia's only minelayer in the Second World War, and laid more than 10,000 mines. In 1944 she changed rôles, becoming first a survey ship, and then a stores ship. The Navy returned her to her owners in 1947.
In 1957 the Adelaide SS Co sold Bungaree. Her new owners renamed her Dampier, and registered her in Hong Kong. In 1960 she was sold again; renamed Eastern Mariner; and transferred to the Panamanian flag of convenience. In South Vietnam in 1966 a mine damaged her, and then mortar damage sank her. Japanese salvors raised her, and renamed her Kitagawa Maru No. 15. She was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1968.
Bungaree was the first of a series of cargo steamships that the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Dundee on the Firth of Tay built between 1937 and 1939 for Australian shipping companies to use in the coastal trade between the different states and territories of Australia. The Adelaide SS Co ordered the first two ships in April 1936. Caledon built them as yard numbers 362 and 363, and launched them in 1937 as Bungaree and Beltana. Yard number 371 was launched in 1938 as Kooringa, a slightly enlarged version for McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co. Slightly larger again was yard number 370, which was launched in 1938 as Barossa for the Adelaide SS Co. In 1939 Caledon launched two more ships to the same dimensions as Barossa: yard number 374 as Bundaleer for the Adelaide SS Co, and yard number 380 as Barwon for Huddart Parker.
Mrs MG Anderson, wife of the Chairman of the Directors of the Adelaide SS Co, launched Bungaree in Dundee on 9 February 1937. The ship was named after Bungaree, South Australia. She was completed that May.
Bungaree's lengths were 370 ft 0 in (112.78 m) overall and 357.2 ft (108.9 m) registered. Her beam was 48.7 ft (14.8 m); her depth was 20.5 ft (6.2 m); and her draught was 22 ft 3+1⁄4 in (6.79 m). Her tonnages were 3,043 GRT; 1,592 NRT; and about 5,190 DWT. She was a tweendecker, with five holds. She had lockers for bond and special cargo, and a strongroom for specie and other high-value cargo. She had three masts, and her derricks, when not in use, were stowed upright against them. She had 15 derricks, worked by 14 team winches made by Clarke, Chapman & Co of Gateshead, England, who also made her windlass. One of her derricks could lift up to 25 tons; four could lift ten tons, and the other ten could lift five tons. Her boiler room; engine room; and single funnel were aft, between holds 4 and 5. Amidships she had superstructures with berths for her deck officers and engineer officers. Berths for her crew were in her poop, aft of hold 4. She had a raked bow and cruiser stern.
Bungaree had a single screw. John G Kincaid & Co of Greenock built her main engine, which was a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine. She also had a Bauer-Wach exhaust turbine, made by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, which drove the same propeller shaft via a Föttinger fluid coupling and double reduction gearing. The combined power of her reciprocating engine plus turbine was rated at 390 NHP, or 1,750 ihp at 75.5 rpm, which gave her a speed of about 11+1⁄2 knots (21 km/h). The exhaust turbine was for fuel efficiency and economy. At the time, it was argued that for engines between 1,500 and 8,000 shp, a reciprocating engine plus exhaust turbine could be more economic than a diesel engine. Bungaree and her sister ships were coal-burners. Sir Howard Lloyd, one of the directors of the Adelaide SS Co, said that the company wanted to avoid being entirely dependent on oil for bunkering.
Bungaree was registered in Melbourne. Her UK official number was 159564, and her wireless telegraph call sign was VLJX.
On 9 May 1937 Bungaree left Dundee for Australia, with Captain VL Adie as her Master. She sailed via the Cape of Good Hope, and as she crossed the Indian Ocean she made wireless contact with Australia at a range of 2,500 miles (4,000 km). She reached Sydney, New South Wales on 5 July.
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