Editing SS Yongala (section)

==Service history==
[[File:SS Yongala 2.jpg|thumb|''Yongala'' in port]]
''Yongala'' began her delivery voyage from [[Port of Southampton|Southampton]] in England on 9 October 1903.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157973907 |title=New inster-state steamer |newspaper=Daily Commercial News and Shipping List |page=4 |date=16 October 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501132206/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157973907 |url-status=live }}</ref> She sustained some damage in heavy weather crossing the [[Bay of Biscay]],<ref name=DailyNews-1903-1124/> called at [[Port of Las Palmas|Las Palmas]] and [[Port of Cape Town|Cape Town]],<ref name=Age=1903-1204/> and on 24 November reached [[Fremantle Harbour|Fremantle]].<ref name=DailyNews-1903-1124/> When she continued her voyage from Fremantle to [[Adelaide]], it was alleged that she raced the [[Orient Steam Navigation Company]] mail ship {{RMS|Orizaba}}, and that ''Yongala'' won the race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80964012 |title=The Ocean Race |newspaper=The Daily News |page=1 |date=30 November 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501135836/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80964012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Adelaide Steamship Company publicly denied that any race took place.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24838990 |last=Moxon |first=W |title=The Yongala and the Orizaba |newspaper=The Daily News |page=6 |date=30 November 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501135839/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/24838990 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 November she reached Port Adelaide, where Adelaide Steamship Co shareholders inspected her.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5021794 |title=The new steamer Yongala. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |page=4 |date=1 December 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501140604/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5021794 |url-status=live }}</ref> She reached [[Port of Melbourne|Melbourne]] on 3 December<ref name=Age=1903-1204/> and Grafton Wharf<ref name=DCN-1903-1207/> in [[Port Jackson|Sydney]] on 6 December.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157975224 |title=Oversea movements. |newspaper=Daily Commercial News and Shipping List |page=7 |date=8 December 1903 |via=Trove |access-date=1 May 2023 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501132207/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/157975224 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1905 ''Yongala''{{'}}s regular route linked Fremantle and Sydney via Adelaide and Melbourne. In 1906 her summer route was extended to [[Port of Brisbane|Brisbane]]. At {{convert|2700|nmi|km}} this was Australia's longest interstate shipping route, and ''Yongala'' was the first ship to work it.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Each winter from 1907 to 1911 she worked the route between Melbourne and [[Cairns]] instead.<ref name=Townsville/>