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LIMERICK 1925-1943
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BuilderWm Hamilton & Co Ltd
Where BuiltPort GlasgowDate Built1925Tonnage8734 GRTPropulsionTwin screw motorAdditional NotesSimilar in design to NZSCo TONGARIRO built at same time but with steam engines. When built LIMERICK had largest diesel machinery on any British vessel except AORANGI (also USSCo). Employed in Indian or Pacific coast trades until torpedoed by Japanese submarine I26 about 20 miles SE of Cape Byron, New South Wales on passage Sydney to Brisbane in convoy on 26 April 1943.
Where BuiltPort GlasgowDate Built1925Tonnage8734 GRTPropulsionTwin screw motorAdditional NotesSimilar in design to NZSCo TONGARIRO built at same time but with steam engines. When built LIMERICK had largest diesel machinery on any British vessel except AORANGI (also USSCo). Employed in Indian or Pacific coast trades until torpedoed by Japanese submarine I26 about 20 miles SE of Cape Byron, New South Wales on passage Sydney to Brisbane in convoy on 26 April 1943. Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (2nd Sep 2022). LIMERICK 1925-1943. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 7th Jun 2023 13:08, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/842