SS Barcoo (1885)

SS Barcoo was a 1,505 gross register ton passenger ship built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1885 for the Queensland Steam Shipping Company.^[2] She was transferred upon merger of parent company to the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company in 1857. She was hulked in 1911 and requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1914 and utilised as a coal hulk in Sydney Harbour.^[2][1]

SS Barcoo
History
Australia
Name	SS Barcoo
Namesake	Barcoo River
Owner	Queensland Steam Shipping Company (1885-1887) Australasian United Steam Navigation Company (1887-1914) Royal Australian Navy (1914-1924)
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	305[1]
Launched	10 August 1885
Fate	Scuttled in 1924
General characteristics
Tonnage	1,505 gross register tons[1]
Length	250.1 ft (76.23 m)
Beam	36.1 ft (11.00 m)[1]
Draught	15.5 ft (4.72 m)
Installed power	308 hp
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine

Fate

Barcoo was scuttled by naval gunfire on 1 February 1924 off Sydney Heads in the Sydney Disposal Area.^[2]