Editing SS Yongala (section)

==Loss==
[[File:Captain William Knight.jpg|upright|thumb|Captain William Knight in 1911]]
On 14 March 1911 ''Yongala'' began her 99th voyage in Australian waters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hind |first=Karen |date=2011-02-28 |title=Queensland 100 Years Ago - The Sinking of the S. S. Yongala |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-100-years-ago-sinking-s-s-yongala |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=State Library Of Queensland |language=en |archive-date=1 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901065641/https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/queensland-100-years-ago-sinking-s-s-yongala |url-status=live }}</ref> Her [[Master mariner|Master]] was [[Sea captain|Captain]] William Knight. She left Melbourne with 72 passengers, and on 20 March reached Brisbane. There most of her passengers from Melbourne disembarked, and she embarked passengers to continue up the Queensland coast. Also embarked were the racehorse "Moonshine" and a [[Lincoln Red]] bull. A harbour inspection reported ''Yongala'' to be "in excellent trim".<ref name=Townsville/>

She reached [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] on the morning of 23 March, and left at 1:40pm that afternoon, bound for [[Port of Townsville|Townsville]]. She was now carrying 29 first class passengers, 19 second class passengers, 72 crew, and 677 tons of cargo.<ref name=Telegraph-1911-0621>{{cite news |url= |title=Yongala Disaster |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |page=15 |date=21 June 1911 |via=Trove}}</ref> Shortly after she left Mackay, and before she left the sight of land, the [[Flat Top Island Light|Flat Top Island]] signal station received a telegram warning of a tropical cyclone between Townsville and Mackay. The signal station sent [[Signal flag|flag]] and [[Wireless telegraphy|wireless telegraph]] signals, which prompted several ships to take refuge at Mackay. But ''Yongala'' did not see the flags. The [[Marconi Company]] had recently dispatched a wireless telegraph set from England to be installed aboard ''Yongala'', but the set had not yet reached Australia.<ref name=Townsville/>

Five hours after ''Yongala'' left Mackay, the keeper of [[Dent Island Light]] saw her enter [[Whitsunday Passage]]. This was the last known sighting of her. The [[cyclone]] sank her on the night of 23–24 March, killing everyone aboard.<ref name=Townsville/> Newspapers at the time counted 120 or 121 people aboard, but the total number is now accepted to be at least 122. The discrepancy arises from young children, servants, and members of ethnic minorities being omitted from official lists.<ref name=Database>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=3350 |title=View Shipwreck – Yongala |work=Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database |publisher=Australian Government |access-date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=1 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501161705/http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=3350 |url-status=live }}</ref>