Wyreema was an Australian steamship named after the town of Wyreema, Queensland.[citation needed]
 Wyreema docked at Townsville, 1923
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| History | |
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| Namesake | Māori: Meeting Place of Three Rivers |
| Owner | Australian United Steam Navigation Company (A.U.S.N.) |
| Builder | A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow |
| Launched | 20 November 1907 |
| Completed | 1908[1] |
| Fate | Broken up 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,388 GRT,[1] 3,362 NRT |
| Length | 400 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Installed power | Triple expansion steam |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
On 8 March 1910, Wyreema collided with and sank SS Currajong in Sydney Harbour.[2][3] Hans Neilsen, a crew member of the Currajong, died as a result. The inquest into his death found the collision was due to the culpable negligence of the Wyreema's captain, John Elliott Meaburn, and committed him for trial on the charge of manslaughter.[4] However, the New South Wales Attorney General did not proceed with the prosecution.[5] In June 1910, the Marine Court suspended Meaburn for 12 months. It was noted that he had a long and excellent record as a ship's master and there was a pilot on board at the time of the collision, but that the presence of the pilot did not alter the master's responsibility.[6]
Wyreema was a passenger liner that was hired to transport Australian Army Nursing Service nurses to Europe during World War I.[7] However, with the end of the war, she was recalled from South Africa. Nurses from the ship were then volunteers at the Woodman Point Quarantine Station in Western Australia, nursing soldiers who were Spanish flu victims who landed from the ship Boonah.
In 1926, she was sold to Brazil and was renamed Dom Pedro I.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lloyd's Register: Underwriters, Volume 2". 1921.
- ^ "The Wrecks of Sydney: SS Currajong". Blue Beyond. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008.
- ^ "TSS Currajong". Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ "A SEAMAN'S DEATH". Barrier Miner. Vol. XXIII, no. 6785. New South Wales, Australia. 27 April 1910. p. 5. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NO BILL FILED". The Evening Telegraph. Vol. 10, no. 2765. Queensland, Australia. 4 May 1910. p. 5. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "SUSPENDED FOR TWELVE MONTHS". The Daily Telegraph. No. 9681. Sydney. 8 June 1910. p. 12. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sister Rosa O'Kane Grave, Woodman Point". The Gardens – Family History. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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