SS Barcoo (1885)
{{Short description|Passenger Ship built in 1885}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=StateLibQld 1 133665 Barcoo (ship).jpg |Ship caption=SS Barcoo }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=Australia |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|UK|civil}} |Ship name= SS Barcoo |Ship namesake=Barcoo River |Ship builder=William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton |Ship owner=*Queensland Steam Shipping Company (1885-1887)
|Ship laid down= |Ship launched=10 August 1885 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship fate=Scuttled in 1924 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class= |Ship tonnage=1,505 gross register tons{{cite web |url=http://clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=10539|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044106/http://clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=10539|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Barcoo |publisher=Clyde-built ships |accessdate=8 March 2012}} |Ship length={{convert|250.1|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|36.1|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|15.5|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=Triple expansion engine |Ship power=308 hp |Ship speed= |Ship range= |Ship complement= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament= |Ship notes= }} |
SS Barcoo was a 1,505 gross register ton passenger ship built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1885 for the Queensland Steam Shipping Company.{{cite web |url=http://www.flotilla-australia.com/ausn.htm |title=Queensland Steam Shipping Company |publisher=Flotilla Australia |accessdate=8 March 2012}} She was transferred upon merger of parent company to the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company in 1857. She was hulked in 1911 and requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914 and utilised as a coal hulk in Sydney Harbour.
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Category:Ships built on the River Clyde
Category:Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy
Category:Coastal passenger vessels of Australia