Editing SS Yongala (section)

==Building and identification==
In 1903 Sir WG [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong, Whitworth & Co]] built a pair of passenger and cargo steamships at its [[Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne|Low Walker]] shipyard at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] for the Adelaide Steamship Co. ''Yongala'' was built as yard number 736, launched on 29 April 1903, and completed that October.<ref name=TBS-Yongala>{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/Y-Ships/yongala1903.html |title=Yongala |work=Tyne Built Ships |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501083525/http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/Y-Ships/yongala1903.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She was named after the town of [[Yongala, South Australia]]. The name is a [[Ngadjuri]] word that means "broad water", or "broad wide watering place".<ref name=Townsville>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmml.org.au/yongala-artefacts/ |title=Yongala Artefacts |publisher=Maritime Museum of Townsville |language=en |access-date=2019-09-29 |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530020439/https://www.tmml.org.au/yongala-artefacts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Her sister ship ''Grantala'' was yard number 737, launched on 28 May 1903,<ref name=TBS-Grantala>{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/grantala1903.html |title=Grantala |work=Tyne Built Ships |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128192534/http://tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/grantala1903.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and completed that December.{{sfn|''Lloyd's Register'' 1904|loc=[https://archive.org/details/HECROS1905ST/page/n382/mode/1up GRA]}}

''Yongala''{{'}}s registered length was {{cvt|350.0|ft|abbr=on}}, her beam was {{cvt|45.2|ft|abbr=on}} and her depth was {{cvt|27.2|ft|abbr=on}}. Her [[tonnage]]s were {{GRT|3664}} and {{NRT|1825}}. She had a single [[Propeller|screw]], driven by a three-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion engine]] built by the [[Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company|Wallsend Slipway Company]]. She had five single-ended boilers, which supplied steam to her engine at 180 [[Pounds per square inch|lb<sub>f</sub>/in<sup>2</sup>]] (1,200 kPa). Her furnaces burned about 67 tonnes of coal per day.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Her engine was rated at 690 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]]{{sfn|''Lloyd's Register'' 1904|loc=[https://archive.org/details/HECROS1905ST/page/n945/mode/1up YIK–YOR]}} and gave her a speed of {{convert|16|kn|km/h|0}}.<ref name=DCN-1903-1207>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157976429 |title=The new steamer Yongala |newspaper=[[Daily Cargo News|Daily Commercial News and Shipping List]] |page=5 |date=7 December 1903 |via=[[Trove]] |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501133912/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157976429 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Yongala'' had accommodation for 110 first class and 130 second class passengers,<ref name=DCN-1903-1207/> and [[hold (compartment)|holds]] for about 3,000 tons of cargo.<ref name=DailyNews-1903-1124>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80961736 |title=Port of Fremantle. |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |page=1 |date=24 November 1903 |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501135053/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80961736 |url-status=live }}</ref> She had electric lighting throughout.{{sfn|''Lloyd's Register'' 1904|loc=[https://archive.org/details/HECROS1905ST/page/n945/mode/1up YIK–YOR]}} She had a direct acting steam [[windlass]] and [[Capstan (nautical)|capstan]] on her forecastle head.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} To handle her cargo she had two steam cranes and seven winches with [[derrick]]s.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} A specially arranged steam and hand steering gear was fitted in a house at the after end of the [[fantail (ship)|fantail]] and controlled from the bridge.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} She had {{convert|10000|cuft|0}} of refrigerated space: {{convert|3000|cuft|0}} chilled for vegetables and provisions, and {{convert|7000|cuft}} for frozen meat.<ref name=Age=1903-1204>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189335451 |title=The new steamer Yongala. |newspaper=[[The Age]] |page=4 |date=4 December 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501141143/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189335451 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Adelaide Steamship Co [[Ship registration|registered]] ''Yongala'' at [[Port Adelaide]]. Her [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]] [[official number]] was 118332 and her [[code letters]] were VGFH.{{sfn|''Lloyd's Register'' 1904|loc=[https://archive.org/details/HECROS1905ST/page/n945/mode/1up YIK–YOR]}}{{sfn|''Mercantile Navy List'' 1904|p=455}}