ESPERANCE BAY / HOBSONS BAY

THE HOBSONS BAY WAS BUILT IN 1921 BY VICKERS FOR THE ABERDEEN & COMMONWEALTH LINE. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO MORETON BAY, LARGS BAY, ESPERANCE BAY AND JERVIS BAY. SHE WAS 13,837 TONS.SHE WAS HAD  REFRIGERATED  CARGO SPACE AND ALSO HAD ACCOMMODATION FOR A DOZEN FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS AND 700 SECOND CLASS PASSENGERS.

 IN 1933 THE MANAGEMENT OF 'HOBSONS BAY'  WAS TAKE-OVER BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION, THE ORIGINAL 'ESPERANCE BAY'  WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AND RE-NAMED 'ARAWA'  AND THE 'HOBSONS BAY'  WAS RE-NAMED 'ESPERANCE BAY' .

SHE WAS BROKEN UP IN 1955 AT FASLANE