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CALDARE

Shipbuildervessel built by John Lewis & Sons (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1907 - 1976)

Date1930

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 165 5/12' x breadth 36 7/12' x depth 13 3/12'
Gross Tonnage: 760 ton

Object numberABDSHIP000058

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: John Lewis & Sons.
Yard Number: 109
Official number: 140618
Subsequent Names: VICKY.

Fate: Wrecked South of Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, NSW, 24 June 1956.

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Twin screw coaster for Tyne and Sydney coal trad, electric light fitted, machinery aft.

Owners:
1930: Australian Steamships Prop., Sydney, NSW (Manager Howard Smith).

General History:
16/09/1930: Builder's certificate dated 16 September 1930 (although 4 December is written alongside in pencil rather than ink).
30/11/1930: Trial run, mean speed 10.73 knots. Sailed from Aberdeen, 6 December 1930.

24/06/1956: The now Philippine registered coastal collier, under Captain Miguel Barrientos was lost. Sailing from Sydney to Melbourne she broke down in a gale and drifted in the eastern approaches to Bass Strait. The freighter KING DAVID hove to in an attempt to tow the vessel but this failed. VICKY heeled over and foundered seventy miles south of Wilson's Promontory in Tasmanian waters, 24th June 1956. The crew took to boats and were eventually picked up by the KING DAVID and the tanker TROCHURUS. Accounts vary as to the numbers of crew but it was between two and seven out of the original twenty-two.

Note: Engine number 190 & 191. Boiler numbers 153 & 154.