July 1947. Kooraka saved from disaster by the actions of the captain and crew of the trawler Korowa. | |||
S.S Kooraka. | |||
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8.30pm July 17 - in dark and dangerous conditions the 300 ton S.S Koraka was caught in a fierce storm 6 miles off Jervis Bay, pounded by 30 to 40ft waves breaking onto it’s hatches, the Kooraka’s steering gear broke away under the strain of the relentless pounding. | |||
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4. 30 a.m. - The trawler Korowa towed the Kooraka safely into Sydney Harbour. | |||
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Paying high tribute to the captain and crew of the steam trawler Korowa, Mr Justice Abbott awarded 3,300 pounds to it’s owners and 2,100 pounds to the ship’s company, for services rendered in the salvaging of the South Australian vessel Kooraka. | |||
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The Kooraka, 300 gross tons. Lb: 135 x 24 ft. (41.2 x 7.6 metres). Steel, single screw motorship built by George Brown & Co in Greenock, Scotland, in 1925. Arrived Australia August 1925 for Coast Steamship Ltd. Day passengers only (10). Serviced Yorke Peninsular run on an irregular basis. Requisitioned as RAN Minesweeper during World War 2. Ref: Flotilla | |||
The Korowa, 324 tons gross WWII auxiliary minesweeper HMAS KOROWA was one of the Sydney-based Red Funnel Trawlers Ltd vessels requisitioned by the RAN at the outbreak of war. With the RAN, fitted with a 12-pounder gun and minesweeping gear, she was attached to Minesweeping Group 66 based at Fremantle, Western Australia. | |||
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22 August 2016
S.S. Kooraka in peril off Jervis Bay.
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