SS ''Loongana'' was a
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The strait provides the most direct waterwa ...
passenger ship initially owned by
Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. In 1922 she was transferred to
Tasmanian Steamers Pty Ltd.
SS Loongana was in service between 1904-1934 and was the first ship registered in the Southern Hemisphere with steam turbine propulsion.
During the
1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster
The North Mount Lyell disaster (also known as the Mount Lyell disaster and North Mount Lyell fire) refers to a fire that broke out on 12 October 1912 at the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company operations on the West Coast of Tasmania, killing ...
she crossed the strait in 12 hours and 46 minutes at , carrying rescue gear from
Victorian
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19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
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** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
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mines.
Loongana is an Aboriginal word meaning to be swift or to fly.
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Bass Strait ferries
History of transport in Tasmania
Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company
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