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SS ''Kwinana'' was an Australian ocean-going cargo and passenger steamship. She was built in England in 1892 as the cargo ship SS ''Darius''. In 1912 she changed owners, was refitted as a cargo and passenger ship and renamed ''Kwinana''. She was damaged in 1920–21 by a fire in her cargo, and wrecked in 1922 when she drifted ashore about south of Fremantle, Western Australia. The site of her wreck is now called Kwinana Beach, and her remains are automatically protected by Australian Federal Law. ==''Darius''== William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland, County Durham built the ship in 1892, completing her that April for Archibald Currie & Co ("Currie Line") of Melbourne, Victoria. She was a sail-steamer, rigged as a schooner but also powered by a 361 NHP three-cylinder triple-expansion steam engine that gave her a speed of . The ship was launched as ''Darius'', after King Darius the Great of Persia. A piece of frosted glass depicting Darius on his throne was fixed to her saloon skylight.〔 Currie Line used ''Darius'' for international trade, and particularly carrying horses and general cargo between Australia and Calcutta.''Kwinana'' was given temporary repairs in order to return to Fremantle.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Kwinana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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