Category:Hobsons Bay (ship, 1922)

Source: Shipping and Shipbuilding, Miramar Ship Index

• Construction: 1922 by Vickers Ltd. in Barrow.
• Launched 4th Oct.1921
• length 167.2m
• beam 20.8m
• 13,837 gross tons
• Propulsion: 4 steam turbines double reduction geared to 2 screw shafts; operating at 220 p.s.i.; 1,977 nominal horsepower;
• 3 double ended & 2 single ended boilers; built by the same company as the hull.
• speed of 15 knots.

• 1922 Named Hobsons Bay for the Commonwealth Government Line, Melbourne.
• 7th November 1922 sailed from Tilbury, London to Australia, arriving in Brisbane on Christmas Day
• 28th Feb.1922 Sailed from London to Brisbane.
• May 1928 Sold to the White Star Line, re-registered in London and continued in the London - Australia service.
• 1931 Refitted to 14,198 gross tons with accommodation for 512-tourist class passengers
• April 1933 Sold to Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line.
• 1936 Renamed Esperance Bay
• Sep.1939 Fitted out as an Armed Merchant Cruiser at Brisbane for the Royal Australian Navy
• 1941 Refit as troopship. She was utilised on South Africa, Middle East, India, North and South Atlantic trooping services
• 1946 Refitted to carry 290-tourist class passengers.
• 1948 Resumed London - Australia voyages
• 6th Jul.1955 Arrived at Faslane for breaking up.