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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| BRIGHT WINGS |
125786 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1909 |
22/04/1909 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Screw Steamer |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Russell & Co, Port Glasgow |
Kingston Yard |
594 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 3116 grt / 1992 nrt / |
331.5 ft |
49.0 ft |
21.8 ft |
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| Engine builder |
J G Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock |
| Engine detail |
| T3cyl (23,37 & 61 - 42)in. 180lb. 276nhp. 1-screw. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Wing Steamship Co Ltd - Norman G Hallett, Cardiff |
London |
12/05/1909 |
| Other names |
| 1918 AUCHINISH - 1918 AUGHINISH - 1920 IRON PRINCE |
| Subsequent owner and registration history |
1914 reg Sydney NSW
1916 Limerick Steam Ship Co Ltd, Limerick
1919 Carrington Steamship Co. Ltd. - Williams & Mordey, Sydney NSW /Cardiff
1920 Broken Hill Propietary Co. Ltd., Melbourne |
| Vessel history |
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| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1923 |
Wrecked 19/04/1923 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Ran on to a reef near Cape Howe, Victoria and broke up (Devonport, Tasmania for Newcastle NSW, limestone). |
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Bright Wings
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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Bright Wings
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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Iron Prince
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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