.jpg) SSBarcoo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Name | SSBarcoo |
| Namesake | Barcoo River |
| Owner |
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| Builder | William Denny & Brothers,Dumbarton |
| Yard number | 305[1] |
| Launched | 10 August 1885 |
| Fate | Scuttled in 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,505 gross register tons[1] |
| Length | 250.1 ft (76.23 m) |
| Beam | 36.1 ft (11.00 m)[1] |
| Draught | 15.5 ft (4.72 m) |
| Installed power | 308 hp |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine |
SSBarcoo was a 1,505 gross register ton passenger ship built byWilliam Denny & Brothers,Dumbarton in 1885 for theQueensland Steam Shipping Company.[2] She was transferred upon merger of parent company to theAustralasian United Steam Navigation Company in 1857. She was hulked in 1911 and requisitioned by theRoyal Australian Navy in 1914 and utilised as a coal hulk inSydney Harbour.[2][1]
Barcoo was scuttled by naval gunfire on 1 February 1924 off Sydney Heads in the Sydney Disposal Area.[2]