The Stateships Story

[j.sabourn]

Sorry if have posted before.
Stateships...
SS Una
SS Eucla
SS Western Australia
SS Kwinana
MV Kangaroo
SS Bambra
MV Koolinda
MV Kyabram
MV Koolama
SS Dorrigo
SS Dulverton
MV Kabbalist
MV Koojarra
SS Delamere
MV Koolama 11
MV Kangaroo 11
MV Dongara
MV Wambiri
MV Beroona
MV Boogalla
MV Nyanja

A brief history and particulars of each ship is given. Also all the chartered ships they took on. Cargoes and such like.

JWS

[j.sabourn]

The index for the book is as follows....
Introduction.
How it all began.
Administration through the years.
The wild South Coast.
Cargoes and Quotations
Passengers on the Coast
Trade overseas and Round Australia.
Special trips on special ships.
The personality ships.
Stateships to the rescue.
Stateships at war.
The loss of the Koolama 1
Kalumburu Mission -
A special kind of customer.
When the wind blows up.
All part of the service.
Modifications and alterations
North-west development - friend or foe.?
The commission takes over.
New home on North Quay.
Improvements to help the customer.
Industrial relations over the years.
Ships of the fleet.
Chartered vessels.

JS

[Bill Morrison]

John that is my kind reading, the trouble is there's no one interested these days it's all I.T. I still like to hold a book and turn the pages.
I have a fair collection mainly second hand but that's what makes them for me as some of the previous owners have inserted newspaper
cuttings adding interest to the passage being read. I tend to do the same if something catches my attention.

Bill

[Richard Quartermaine]

The Missions to Seamen sent me a box of books at turn around in Britain and they were popular and very welcome.
The Dorrigo was smaller version of the AUSN Coramba that I did a trip, Sydney/Fremantle/Sydney on in1948 and was chartered to the WA state service.
Here is the menu from the Koolinda with signatures of my shipmates.
Richard

[j.sabourn]

#3... Bill I will shortly More than likely be throwing it out shortly as maybe moving on. If you want it just send me an address to forward it to ,on the private line , and I will stick in the post, As said offered it to the museum and got no response, so is destined for the dustbin in the not too distant future. Cheers JWS

[Bill Morrison]

#3... Bill I will shortly More than likely be throwing it out shortly as maybe moving on. If you want it just send me an address to forward it to ,on the private line , and I will stick in the post, As said offered it to the museum and got no response, so is destined for the dustbin in the not too distant future. Cheers JWS

Thanks for the offer John, but I fear that they would along with my collection end up in the skip also though they are priceless to me but no one else it seems.
Regards Bill

[happy daze john in oz]

Bill, that is something I often think of.
I have written up stories of my life from day one until I swallowed the anchor.

But after I venture to 'Fiddlers Green' who will be interested and how long before the memory of the BMN vanishes for ever.

[Bill Morrison]

John S. As stated (no pun) I.T. is replacing the written word in book form. I spent this very rainy afternoon on the internet looking at what was available on the Stateships of Western Australia. The book I have Passenger Ships of Australia And New Zealand Vol.1 1876-1912 there is no mention of the Stateships which is why I went on to the internet to find they only came into existence between 1914-1919. The State Library of Western Australia rather vague but The J.S. Battye Library upper floor Alexander Building would appear to hold the records of the Stateships (part of the State Library) but their funding has been reduced of late. Now enter The Friends of Battye Library who help raise funds to aid the running of it and purchase of items of interest. If you still have the inclination " The Friends" may be the last resort.
Regards Bill

[Colin Wood]

The first recorded ship operated by WA Gov was the s.s."UNA" built 1890, LOA 33.86m G.R.T. 178 D.W.T.164 Purchased11 May 1912 from R.G.Lynn Ltd. Fremantle Sold 11 July 1917 to Irwin & Johnson Ltd Cape Town SA

Interesting picture I have of her shows the E.R and funnel forward of the bridge, and an awning on fore deck

(Would have included pic if I knew how, if some one tells me how will upload pics of all WA gov operstad ships and details up to mv "IRENE GREENWOOD"))

[Colin Wood]

After the "NYANDA" were the following:-
mv "KIMBERLEY" Built 1979 LOA 132.40m GRT 9867 Dwt 12780 Chartered 2i May 1979 from Hamlet Maritime Investment. redlivered 20 March 1984 to Bernera Shipping of Bermuda.

mv "PILBARA" ex "HAMLET ARABIA" Built 1978 Loa 133.31m GRT 10015 DWT 12760 Chartered 23 Sptember 1981 From K/S Denmark Redelivered

mv "KOOLINDA" ex "HAMLET SAUDIA" Built 1978 LOA 133.31m GRT 10015 Dwt 12424 Chartered 20 August 1981 From K/S Denmatk Redelivered.

mv "ANGELA SMITS" Built 1980 LOA 98.10m GRT 3971 Dwt7840 Chartered January to April 1982 From General Shipping & Chartering Rotterdam Redelivered

mv "IRENE GREENWOOD" ex STEPHAN REEKMANN" Built 1982 LOA 178.22m GRT 15946 Dwt 21894 Chartered 19 December 1983 from F.Leasz Hamburg Redelivered.

Interesting, the postcards I have do not have delivery dates for last 4 ships.