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The "Bungaree" [B 9929] • Photograph

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Summary

The "Bungaree" ship, 3943 gross tons and built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Dundee as a cargo vessel for the Adelaide Steamship Company Limited. It was registered in Melbourne. Triple expansion engine. Requisitioned as a minelayer during WW2. Sold 1957 to a subsidiary company of HC Sleigh in Melbourne and renamed "Dampier". Sold in 1960 and renamed "Eastern Mariner" under Panamanian registry. Struck a mine in Saigon River in Vietnam in 1966 and sank. Bungaree is the Aboriginal word for group of humpies.

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.3 cm x 15.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1937

Collection

Part of Ship Collection

Subject

Bungaree (Ship)

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

30/11/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,135 x 2,110 pixels (6.6 MP)

Size

6.64 MB

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