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Black and white photograph Showing 'Meringa' passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge
MERINGA
Black and white photograph Showing 'Meringa' passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge
Black and white photograph Showing 'Meringa' passing under Sydney Harbour Bridge

MERINGA

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date2 June 1958
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 411' 5" x breadth 53' 5" x depth 22' 10"
Gross Tonnage: 5459 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002553
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 865
Official Number: 196770

Fate: arrived in Chittagong Roads 1 January 1993 for breaking up by Bangladesh shipbreakers.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Bulk sugar carrier, 1 deck, machinery aft.

Owners:
1958: Adelaide Steam Ship Co.
01/1964: Transferred to the Associated Steamship Co. interstate bulk sugar trade.
1979: Owned by Hull Investments Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.
1983: Owned by Grandamar S. A., Panama.
1993: Sold by Coralsea Shipping Limited, Malta, to Bangladesh shipbreaker.

General History:
January 1959: Commenced a steady run from Lucinda Point, North Queensland, to Colonial Sugar Refining Co's sugar refinery at Pyrmont, Sydney.

Notes:
Meringa is an Australian aboriginal word for 'Red soil'
Machinery: Oil 2SA 4 cyl. 560 x 2160 mm 3000bhp Doxford by Ailsa S.B. Co. Ltd., Troon.
Speed: 12.5 knots.
[Details from World Ship Society (Victoria) newsletter 2002, vol. 31, no. 6, by Glen Stuart]
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927
SCOTTISH MAID
Alexander HALL & Co.
1839
BARRANCA
Alexander HALL & Co.
October 1869
Brig "I'll Try" Of Aberdeen (Th. Stefens Commander)
May 1863
LOCH AVON
DUTHIE
1906
MAUREEN JUNE
John Lewis & Sons
27 April 1972
WILLIAM MANSON
DUTHIE
July 1872
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
SILVERHARRIER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 May 1970
PRINCESS ROYAL
Alexander HALL & Co.
1906
Black and White Photograph in album of 'Star VII' on slipway in shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
4 October 1948
COLLEEN BAWN
Alexander HALL & Co.
1861
ABERDEEN EXPLORER
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
17 May 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
16 November 1895
LOCHIEL
George Milne & Co
6 May 1856
RED GAUNTLET
John Lewis & Sons
1955
WATERLOO
28 July 1815