SS Mareeba

Aerial view of Mareeba
History
Australia
Name
  • 1921: Echuca
  • 1924: Mareeba
Owner
Port of registryMelbourne
BuilderWalkers Ltd, Maryborouogh
Launched6 July 1921
CompletedNovember 1921
Identification
Fatesunk 26 June 1941
General characteristics
Typecargo ship
Tonnage3,362 GRT, 1,924 NRT
Length332.7 ft (101.4 m)
Beam47.1 ft (14.4 m)
Draught23 ft 10 in (7.3 m)
Depth27.1 ft (8.3 m)
Decks1
Installed power520 NHP
Propulsion
Crew48

SS Mareeba was an Australian cargo steamship that was built in 1921 for the Commonwealth Line as Echuca,[1] named after the town of Echuca in the state of Victoria. In 1924 the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company bought her and renamed her after the town of Mareeba, Queensland.[2]

Loss

On 26 June 1941 the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran sank her [3] in the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.[4][5] She was carrying 5000 tons of sugar from Batavia to Colombo[2] when she picked up the Yugoslav cargo ship Velebit's distress signal. Instead of immediately stopping, Mareeba radioed her position and tried to escape, presumably because at 08:00 hrs that morning she had spotted the Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Durban in the Ten Degree Channel.[6] Nine shells hit her hull,[5] several of them in her engine-room. She was sinking only slowly, so a German boarding party scuttled her with explosive charges to sink her quickly. It was later said that Mareeba would have made a fine auxiliary minelayer[2] because of her durability.

Crew

All 48 of Mareeba's crew became prisoners of war and were taken away aboard Kormoran, which sailed at top speed through the night and most of the next day[2] to avoid retaliation for the sinkings.

The captured crew stayed aboard Kormoran for a total of 103 days, where they were housed in the fore part of the ship below the waterline. They slept in hammocks and were allowed on deck daily. After 103 days they were transferred to the German supply ship Kulmerland. After another 15 days they were transferred to the German cargo ship Spreewald.[5]

References

  1. ^ "North Queensland at War". Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) – Kormoran
  3. ^ HMAS Sydney II – Auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
  4. ^ "The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: 10. Replacing the Sydney and Writing the Official History". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  5. ^ a b c Australian National Archives[permanent dead link‍] – Sinking of the SS Mareeba – Barcode: 404718 Series Number: MP1049/5 Series accession number: MP1049/5/0 Control symbol: 2026/10/1855
  6. ^ Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) – Kormoran Archived 12 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

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