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SS Pruth (1916)

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
section2{{Infobox ship/career
nameSS *Pruth*
ownerHain Steamship Company
builderJ.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland
yard_number511
identificationOfficial number: 1139109
fateWrecked upon Nateara Reef, Port Moresby in 1923
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage4698 gross register
length121.9 m
beam16.2 m
depth7.9 m
power421 n.h.p.
propulsionTriple expansion engine
speed10 knots

'*SS Pruth''' was a 4698 gross register ton steamship built by J.L. Thompson and Sons, Sunderland for the Hain Steamship Company in 1916. The ship was on a voyage from New York to Cairns, via Port Moresby when she was wrecked upon Nateara Reef near Port Moresby on 31 December 1923. Attempts to salvage her failed. Her wreck became known as the "*Moresby'' Wreck".

Her wreck was used for strafing and bombing practice by the United States Army Air Forces Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force in 1942 and 1943 during World War II. Six Allied aircraft crashed while undertaking the strafing and bombing practice.

References

References

  1. "SS Pruth (+1923)". wrecksite.eu.
  2. "Pruth, A Total Wreck". Townsville Daily Bulletin, Wednesday 23 January 1924, p.4.
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