SS Bungaree (1889)

Bungaree under way
History
Name
  • 1889: Bungaree
  • 1903: Parima
Owner
Operator
Port of registry
BuilderJ Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Cost£43,566 9s 10d
Yard number235
Launched28 August 1889
Completed3 October 1998
Identification
FateScrapped, December 1924
General characteristics
Typecargo liner
Tonnage2,893 GRT, 1,859 NRT
Length335.0 ft (102.1 m)
Beam42.1 ft (12.8 m)
Depth24.0 ft (7.3 m)
Decks2
Installed power1 × triple-expansion engine; 420 NHP
Propulsion1 × screw
Sail planbarquentine
Speed13.7 knots (25.4 km/h)
Capacity
  • as built: 1st & 3rd class passenger berths
  • 1894 onward: 35,121 cubic feet (995 m3) of holds refrigerated
Notessister ship: Culgoa

SS Bungaree was a steam cargo liner. She was launched in England in 1889 for Blue Anchor Line, who ran her between England and Australia. The Quebec Steamship Company bought her in 1903 and renamed her Parima. Furness, Withy & Company took over the Quebec SS Co in 1919. She was scrapped in Italy in 1925.