Territory Stories

SS River Murchison (3772)

Details:

Title

SS River Murchison (3772),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Cargo Steamship,

Unit

SS River Murchison (3772),

Parent unit

Commonwealth Government of Australia,

Date arrived in NT

1945-11-24,

Date left the NT

1945-11-28,

History

Built for the Australian Shipbuilding Board in 1945 as a cargo steamer. Made 1 trip to Darwin.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Australia, Cargo, Steamship, SS River Murchison (3772),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C240576 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302487, Naval Historical Collection], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/REAEL_TO_RONA.pdf [River Murchison SS (3772) p.103-104], http://www.flotilla-australia.com/asb.htm#river-murchison-asb [Flotilla Australia - River Murchison],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843570,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843874