SS Loongana
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Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was a Bass Strait passenger ship, launched by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, on 2 June 1904 and initially owned by Union Steamship Company of New Zealand at a cost of £87,794 for their Melbourne-Launceston route,[1] replacing the Pateena.[2] In December 1918, a spare propeller shaft fell from its sling through the bottom of the ship during unloading. On 1 January 1922 she and Oonah were transferred to Union's subsidiary, Tasmanian Steamers Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was in service from 1904 to 1935[1] and was the first ship registered in the southern hemisphere with steam turbine propulsion;[2] three Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Newcastle, Script error: No such module "convert". steam turbines, driving three screws at Script error: No such module "convert". (service); Script error: No such module "convert". (trials), with 246 first class, 136 second class, a cargo capacity of Script error: No such module "convert". and a crew of 98. It has also been claimed that she was the first ocean-going turbine steamer in the world, as she left on her maiden voyage to Melbourne on 31 August 1904.[1] Another contender for the title, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., was only launched the week before. During the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster she crossed the strait in 12 hours and 46 minutes at Script error: No such module "convert"., carrying rescue gear from Victorian mines. She was replaced by Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in March 1935[3] and laid up until sold for scrap[4] to Tanaka Kabusiki Kaisya, Osaka. She was towed there by Kanna to Sakamoto Shoji KK, Osaka in September 1936[5] in November 1936.[1]
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