SS Bungaree (1889)

SS Bungaree was a steam cargo liner. She was launched in England in 1889 for Blue Anchor Line, who ran her between England and Australia. The Quebec Steamship Company bought her in 1903 and renamed her Parima. Furness, Withy & Company took over the Quebec SS Co in 1919. She was scrapped in Italy in 1925.

Design and construction J Wigham Richardson & Company of Low Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne built the ship for Blue Anchor Line as yard number 235. She was launched on 28 August 1889 as Bungaree, and completed on 3 October that year. The contract price was £43,566 9s 10d, on which the shipbuilder made a loss of £291 9s 10d.

Her registered length was ; her beam was ; and her depth was . She carried both cargo and passengers, with both first and third class accommodation. Her tonnages were and . She had three masts, and was rigged as a barquentine. She had a well deck forward, but not aft. She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple-expansion engine that was rated at 420 NHP. She achieved on her sea trials.

J.L. Thompson and Sons of Sunderland built a sister ship to the same design. was launched on 25 October 1889, and completed in January 1890. Her beam was a few inches greater than Bungarees, but they were otherwise identical.

Career Blue Anchor registered her in London. Her UK official number was 96643, and her code letters were LJCN. One of Blue Anchor Line's trades was wool from Australia to Europe. But in the early 1890s, freight rates for wool were low, so in 1894 Blue Anchor had refrigerating equipment installed in of Bungarees holds to carry perishable cargo.

In 1903 the Quebec Steamship Company bought Bungaree and renamed her Parima. By 1914 she was equipped with wireless telegraphy, and in 1917 her registration was transferred to Montreal. In 1919 Furness, Withy & Company took over the Quebec SS Co, and turned it into the Bermuda and West Indies Steamship Company. In 1923 Parimas registration was transferred to Hamilton, Bermuda. In December 1924 she arrived in La Spezia, Italy, to be scrapped.

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