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BUILT IN 1908 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF AT THEIR BELFAST YARD SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 10,925 TONS.

HER MAIDEN VOYAGE WAS DOWN  TO AUSTRALIA.

 IN 1910 SHE HIT A REEF A FEW MILES FROM CAPE LEEUWIN AND FOUNDERED.THE PASSENGERS AND CREW TOOK TO THE LIFEBOATS AND WERE LANDED ON THE MAINLAND ,BEING PICKED UP THE NEXT DAY BY THE " MONARO " AND TAKEN TO FREMANTLE.

 HER PREMATURE LOSS RESULTED IN THE CHARTERING OF THE "NORSEMAN" FROM THE DOMINION LINE TO REPLACE HER.