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SS Wimmera | the life, times and loss of an Australian steamship

SS Wimmera

the life, times and loss of an Australian steamship

  • Introduction
  • Huddart Parker & Co.
  • Construction & Launch
  • Ports & Passages
  • Captains & Crew
  • Passengers & Personalities
  • Voyages
  • Cargo & Commerce
  • Mishaps, Moments & Miscellany
  • The War & the Wolf
  • Final Voyage
  • Epilogue
  • Fast Facts
  • Site Map
  • Contact
  • The Wimmera Story – in brief

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  • About
  • Introduction
  • The Wimmera Story – in brief
  • Huddart Parker & Co.
  • Construction & Launch
    • Caird & Co
    • The Ship
    • The Launch
    • Outfitting & Supplies
    • Sea Trial
    • Maiden Voyage
    • Maiden Voyage Crew
  • Ports & Passages
    • Shipping Routes
    • Hobart – Tasmania
    • Melbourne – Victoria
    • Sydney – New South Wales
    • Newcastle – New South Wales
    • Auckland – New Zealand
    • Gisborne – New Zealand
    • Napier – New Zealand
    • Wellington – New Zealand
    • Christchurch | Lyttelton – New Zealand
    • Dunedin | Port Chalmers – New Zealand
    • Invercargill | Bluff – New Zealand
    • Refits & Repairs
  • Captains & Crew
    • Captain Thomas Free
    • Captain Frederick Sherriff
    • Captain James Barton Rainey
    • Captain William Waller
    • Captain William Johnstone Wyllie
    • Captain George Frederick Entwisle
    • Captain Herbert James Graham Kell
    • Captain George Bernard Bates
    • Captain Henry Lyttelton Dunsford
    • Captain David John Morris
    • A Master’s Duties
    • Ship’s Officers and Crew Members
  • Passengers & Personalities
    • Arts, Science and Education
      • Annie and Leonard Harford Lindon
      • Arthur Burr “Wizard” Stone
      • Bert Hinkler
      • Captain Enrico Alberto D’Albertis
      • Clement Lindley Wragge
      • Count Fritz Von Hochberg
      • Donald MacDonald
      • Douglas Mawson
      • Dr W.A.R. Michell
      • Drake, Hanlon & Jones
      • Edgar Fraser Stead
      • Edgeworth David
      • Henry Winkelmann
      • Horace Moore-Jones
      • J J & E J Clark
      • Maggie & Bella Papakura
      • Mary Proctor
      • Professor Alexander William Bickerton
      • Sandy & Jack
      • Walter Baldwin Spencer
    • Business and Commerce
      • Alexander McCracken
      • James Alfred Court
      • William Callender
      • William Mervielle de Jersey Vautier
    • Entertainers
      • Andrew Black
      • Arthur Wontner
      • Bert Gilbert
      • Blanche Arral
      • Bonita & Cleopatra
      • Carrie Moore
      • Chung Ling Soo
      • Emma Albani
      • Emma Calve
      • Fisk Jubilee Singers
      • Gladys Moncrieff
      • Grace Palotta
      • Hadyn Wood
      • Hugh Ward
      • J.C. Williamson
      • Julius Knight
      • Katherine Grey
      • Leopold Premyslav
      • Mademoiselle Antonia Dolores
      • Marie Hall
      • Maud Jeffries
      • Mrs Maesmore Morris
      • Nellie Stewart
      • Royal Welsh Male Choir
      • Te Rangi Pai
      • The Kilties
      • The Pechilli Troupe of Chinese Acrobats
      • The Sheffield Choir
      • Tom Walls
      • William Stratford Percy
    • Religious and Social
      • Annie Besant
      • Archbishop Michael Kelly
      • Dr John Quincy Adams Henry
      • General Sir Robert Baden-Powell
      • General William Booth
      • Jessie Akermann
      • Joseph McCabe
      • Reverend Arthur Parker
      • Reverend John Francis Goldie
      • Reverend William Edward Bromilow
      • Reverend William Grant
      • Right Reverend Dr. George Michael Lenihan
    • Sports and Competition
      • “All Whites” NZ Bowling Team
      • Alexander Drummond Campbell
      • Alfred Jordan
      • Bernard Freyberg
      • Bill Squires
      • Dick Arnst
      • Emmeline Freda Du Faur
      • Harry Parker
      • Jack Crawford
      • Jack Donaldson
      • Japanese wrestlers
      • Lancelot Beaumont Todd
      • Maori Rugby League Team
      • Peter Randall Johnson
      • Tom Reece
    • Statistics
    • Political, Legal and Regal
      • 7th Earl Stanhope
      • Comte Henry Prévost de Brebières
      • Countess of Onslow
      • Justice Henry Bournes Higgins
      • Premier Richard Seddon
      • Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas
      • Sir John Forrest
      • Sir Joseph Ward
      • Sir Robert Stout
    • The Shipwrecked
    • Immigrants
    • Newly-Weds
    • Stowaways
    • Unwilling Passengers
    • Military and Naval
    • Crime and Justice
    • Miscellaneous
    • Waihi miners
  • Voyages
    • Life at Sea
    • Robert Chisholm 1905
    • John Bartholomew Cleary 1906
    • William McKeon 1906
    • Daisy Quinlan 1906
    • Sir Henry Coward 1911
    • Robert Blair Hay 1913
    • “Golightly” Morrill 1915
    • William Brinton Harvey 1915
    • Sydney Greenbie 1916
  • Cargo & Commerce
    • Birds
    • Camels
    • Canines
    • Cash & Bullion
    • Flying machines & automobiles
    • Horses
    • Livestock
    • PPIE 1915
    • Produce
    • Snakes, Crocodiles & other Reptiles
    • The Mails
    • Yachts, Boats & Canoes
  • Mishaps, Moments & Miscellany
    • A link to the Titanic
    • HMS New Zealand
    • In Poem, Prose & Picture
    • The Wimmera in Miniature
    • Fires
    • Wild Weather
    • Collisions
    • Fatalities afloat & Casualties ashore
    • Before the Courts
    • Wireless
    • Marine Excursions
    • Industrial Disputes
    • Visit of the Great White Fleet
    • Arrival of the Australian Fleet
    • Called to Help
    • Message in a Bottle
    • Subject of the Cinematograph
    • Loss of the SS Penguin
  • The War & the Wolf
    • SMS Wolf
    • The loss of the Cumberland
    • The Port Kembla
    • Mine-sweeping
  • Final Voyage
    • Penultimate Voyage
    • Final Voyage Passengers
      • Couples and Travelling Companions
      • Families
      • Profiles
      • Single travellers
      • Soldiers
      • Statistics
    • Final Voyage Crew
      • Profiles
      • Statistics
    • The Wimmera’s Master
    • Departure
    • Mined!
    • Survivors
  • Epilogue
    • The Inquiry
    • Memorials
    • The Deadly Menace
    • Finding the Wimmera
  • Fast Facts
  • Site Map
  • Contact

The Sinking of the SS Wimmera

Centenary of the Wimmera's Final DayJune 26, 2018
One hundred years ago today the Wimmera was lost...

The Armistace

Centenary of the end of The Great WarNovember 11, 2018
The end of The Great War 1914-1918
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  • Introduction
  • Huddart Parker & Co.
  • Construction & Launch
  • Ports & Passages
  • Captains & Crew
  • Passengers & Personalities
  • Voyages
  • Cargo & Commerce
  • Mishaps, Moments & Miscellany
  • The War & the Wolf
  • Final Voyage
  • Epilogue
  • Fast Facts
  • Site Map
  • Contact
  • The Wimmera Story – in brief
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