Kanowna
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The
steamer Kanowna was laid down at Dumbarton in Scotland,
and was launched in 1903. She was designed as a three
masted schooner with a steam engine, which was a typical
design at the time. She entered service for the company
Australian United Steam Navigation Company as a liner
between Freemantle and Sydney. She was requisitioned in
June 1915 by the British Admiralty, and served as a troop
transport and hospital ship under the Great War. She was
returned to her owners in 1919 and continued her former
service as a liner. Under a voyage from Cairns to
Melbourne she ran aground on an uncharted rock outside
Wilson Promontory 8.February 1929. Orders to abandon ship
was given, and she was left stuck on the reef. She later
slid off the rock and sank in deep waters in Bass Strait.
The wreck was found In April 2005 by technical divers from
Southern Ocean Exploration. The wreck rest today on a
depth of 74 to 80 meter.
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 Picture: Kanowna Courtesy of State Library, South Australia Last updated: February 2020 |
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