SS Esturia (1910)

Career
Name: Esturia (1910-??)
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth & Company, Walker
Launched: 1910
General characteristics
Tonnage: 2143 gross tons

Esturia was a 2143 gross tons oiler, built by Armstrong Whitworth & Company, Walker in 1910. She operated as a oil tanker for the Burmah Oil Company, before being chartered by the Royal Australian Navy on 11 September 1914, during the First World War, as a oiler and stores ship. She served as the destroyer depot ship for HMAS Swan, Huon and Torrens in Australian and Malayan waters and after being dispatched to Port Said, Egypt with the destroyers she was transferred to the Admiralty. Her fate is unknown.

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