Taronga IDNo: 5606642

[Gordy Ross]

TARONGA
Taronga (1)
...shown here in Melbourne

Norwegian

BUILT 1927

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Line

6,732 Tons

1933 beached at Perim after cargo fire, refloated and scrapped.

DETAILS: SHIPLIST

Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Victoria Australia

Cheers and GB

Gordy

[Dierk Bauer]

Taronga IDNo: 5606642

Hi Gordy, thank you very much for sharing

Her details and history according to Miramar:

IDNo: 5606642
Year: 1927
Name: TARONGA
Flag: NOR
Type: Cargo ship (ref)
Launch Date: 20.6.27
Date of completion: 7.9.27
Tons: 6732
LPP: 140.6
Beam: 18.5
Country of build: DEU
Builder: Deutsche Werke
Location of yard: Kiel
Yard No: 210
Number of
screws/Mchy/2 D
Speed(kn): 14.5

End: 1933
Disposal Data:
fire & beached Perim Is 4.1.33 [Rabaul-Dunkirk, general] - stripped & scuttled