SS Barossa was a steam bulk carrier. She was built in Scotland in 1938 for the Adelaide Steamship Company of South Australia. In 1942 she was burnt out in the Japanese bombing of Darwin, but she was raised and repaired. In 1949 she was the focus of a watersiders' strike in Brisbane, which as a result is sometimes called the "Barossa strike".

SS Barossa was a cargo ship built in Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1938. She was bombed and sunk in 1942 but was salvaged. She was sold in 1946 and renamed Cronulla. Cronulla was scrapped at Hong Kong in 1969 after a typhoon damaged her irreparably.

The SS Barossa was a 4,239 gross ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company 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.

Jun 9, 2002 · Half a kilometre from Darwin’s wharf, the USS Peary’s captain was on the bridge of his ship when the Japanese fighters came sweeping in. Anchored, the four-funnel destroyer was an easy target, but the ship still had steam up.

Mar 30, 2020 · SS Barossa. A 4,265 GRT cargo vessel owned by the Adelaide Steamship Co. and built in Dundee Scotland in 1938 – she was damaged in the raid. Post WWII she was renamed “Cronulla” and was damaged in a typhoon out of Hong Kong and was scrapped in Hong Kong in 1969. MV Neptuna

Sep 8, 2003 · SS Barossa was an Adelaide Steamship Company freighter, which had berthed in Darwin Harbour inside the wharf. On the outer berth was MV Neptuna loaded with explosives and depth charges, with HMAS Swan (sloop) on her seaward side, and moored on Barossa’s seaward side was a naval oil lighter.

Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. SS Neptuna later exploded and sank while the Barossa was towed clear of the explosion and was later salvaged.

The SS Barossa was a 4,239 gross ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., for the Adelaide Steamship Co. 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.

The SS Barossa was a 4,239-gross register ton cargo ship built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Dundee for the Adelaide Steamship Company in 1938. She was heavily damaged and sank as a result of damage suffered during …

The Barossa was a cargo ship owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. She was sunk in the bombing of Darwin on 19 February 1942, but was later salvaged and continued in service until 1969.