SS Cambridge

SS Cambridge

The SS "Cambridge" was built in Wesermunde, Germany in 1916 by JC Tecklenborg, and was originally the SS "Vogtland". The ship was a twin-screw steel steamer, 524.5 feet in length, 56.7 feet in breadth, 37.3 feet in depth and of 10846 tons. [ [http://www.navy.gov.au/reserves_new/reserveNews/Reserve_News_17_September_2001_Vol8_No11.pdf Navy.gov.au, Navy Reserve Newsletter] Dead link|date=September 2008] Dead link|date=September 2008

Launched in 1919, the ship was surrendered to the British in 1922 as part of the war reparations following World War I, sold to the Federal Steam Navigation Company, Ltd, and renamed.

Sinking

On 7 November 1940, the "Cambridge" was outbound from Melbourne to Sydney and Brisbane under the command of Captain Paddy Angell. At 11:00PM, two and a half miles south-east of Wilsons Promontory, she struck one of several German mines laid in Bass Strait. The mineexploded towards the aft of the ship, flooding the engine room. A distress signal was broadcast, without reply, before Captain Angell ordered the ship to be abandoned.

The ship sank stern first, in just 45 minutes. Of the 56 crew aboard, all but one escaped in one of the three lifeboats; ship's carpenter J. Kinnear returned to his cabin to retrieve money, but failed to escape despite the efforts of the rest of the crew to resuce him. The three lifeboats were rescued by the auxiliary minesweeper, HMAS "Orara" and taken to Port Welshpool.

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