KALINGO 1930-1943

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Number of Images2 Last edited by: John Brown

Particulars of Ship

BuilderClyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Last edited by: John Brown

Where BuiltPort Glasgow Last edited by: John Brown

Date Built1927 Last edited by: John Brown

Tonnage2047 GRT Last edited by: John Brown

PropulsionSingle screw steam Last edited by: John Brown

Owners & Previous Names1927-30 R S Lamb (Kalingo Steamship Co) Sydney
1930-43 USSCo Last edited by: John Brown

Additional NotesUnion Company purchased KALINGO when 3 years old and it proved a useful ship on the trans Tasman trade until torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I21 on 18 January 1943 about 110 miles east of Sydney when on passage Sydney to New Plymouth with loss of two crew. Last edited by: John Brown

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KALINGO 1930-1943