Editing SS Yongala (section)

{{Short description|Passenger steamship that was wrecked in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image= Yongala (ship, 1903) - SLV H91.108-2943.jpg
|Ship caption= ''Yongala'' in port
}} 
{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country= [[Australia]]
|Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Australia|civil}}
|Ship name= ''Yongala''
|Ship namesake= [[Yongala, South Australia]]
|Ship owner= [[File:Adelaide Steamship Company house flag.svg|border|20px]] [[Adelaide Steamship Company]]
|Ship operator= 
|Ship registry= [[Port Adelaide]]
|Ship route= 
|Ship ordered= 
|Ship builder= [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Whitworth & Co]], [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Low Walker]]
|Ship original cost= £102,000
|Ship yard number= 736
|Ship laid down= 
|Ship launched= 29 April 1903
|Ship sponsor= 
|Ship completed= October 1903
|Ship maiden voyage= 
|Ship acquired= 
|Ship in service= 
|Ship out of service= 
|Ship identification= *UK [[official number]] 118332
*[[code letters]] VGFH
*{{ICS|Victor}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Foxtrot}}{{ICS|Hotel}}
|Ship fate= Lost with all hands, 23 March 1911
|Ship notes= One of the largest, best-preserved shipwrecks in Queensland
}}
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|Ship type= [[Passenger ship]]
|Ship tonnage= {{GRT|3664}}, {{NRT|1825}}
|Ship displacement= 
|Ship length= {{cvt|350.0|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{cvt|45.2|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= 
|Ship depth= {{cvt|27.2|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship decks= 2
|Ship power= 690 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]]
|Ship propulsion= *1 × [[Propeller|screw]]
*1 × [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion engine]]
|Ship speed= {{convert|16|kn|km/h|0}}
|Ship capacity= *'''Passengers:'''
*110 first class
*130 second class
*'''Cargo:''' 3,000 tons, including {{convert|10000|cuft}} [[Reefer ship|refrigerated]]
|Ship crew= 72
|Ship sensors= 
|Ship notes= [[sister ship]]: {{HMAS|Grantala||2}}
}}
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'''SS ''Yongala''''' was a [[Passenger ship|passenger]] [[steamship]] that was built in England in 1903 for the [[Adelaide Steamship Company]]. She sank in a [[cyclone]] off the coast of [[Queensland]] on 23 March 1911, with the loss of all 122 passengers and crew aboard.

Her wreck off [[Cape Bowling Green Light|Cape Bowling Green]] was found in 1958. It is now a popular [[wreck diving]] site, protected by the Commonwealth [[Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018]].

''Yongala'' was the [[sister ship]] of {{HMAS|Grantala||2}}, which in 1914 became Australia's only [[hospital ship]] in the [[World War I|First World War]].