SS Wollongbar (1911)
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SS ''Wollongbar'' was a 2,005-ton passenger steamship built by the
Ailsa Shipbuilding Company Ailsa Shipbuilding Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Troon and Ayr, Ayrshire. History The company was founded in 1885 by Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa, along with Peter James Wallace and Alexander McCredie. In 19 ...
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Troon Troon (Scottish Gaelic: ''An Truthail'') is a town and sea port in South Ayrshire, situated on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland, about north of Ayr and northwest of Glasgow Prestwick Airport. Troon has a port with ferry and freight serv ...
in 1911 for the
North Coast Steam Navigation Company The North Coast Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company that operated in Australia, formed as the Grafton Steam Navigation Company in 1855. The company was later renamed the Clarence & Richmond River Steam Navigation Company before bein ...
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Fate

She was wrecked at
Byron Bay Byron Bay ( Minjungbal: ''Cavvanbah'') is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of New South Wales, Australia (in Bundjalung Country). It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a headland adjac ...
on 14 May 1921 after being blown aground during a gale at . Her wreck was broken up ''in situ''.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wollongbar 1911 ships Ships built on the River Clyde Shipwrecks of the Richmond-Tweed Region Maritime incidents in 1921 Merchant ships of Australia Iron and steel steamships of Australia 1901 – World War I ships of Australia Interwar period ships of Australia 1921 in Australia