The SS ''Barossa'' was a 4,239-gross register ton cargo ship built by

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for the

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in 1938. She was heavily damaged and sank as a result of damage suffered during the Japanese air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. She was salvaged and refloated. ''Barossa'' was transferred to Associated Steamships in January 1964, before being sold in May and renamed ''Cronulla''.

Fate

''Cronulla'' was damaged in a

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. She was declared a total wreck and was scrapped in 1969 at Hong Kong.

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