Warrimoo

In 1897 this passenger vessel provided service on the All-Red Route travelling between Vancouver and Australia. On August 9, 1895, on her on her maiden voyage to Victoria, this vessel was grounded four miles west of Carmanah Point while inbound from Australia in dense fog. Using kedges this vessel refloated herself on the next high tide and sailed on to Victoria. This vessel was repaired in Sydney Australia where 65 plates were removed and straightened. In late 1914 the Warrimoo was taken up as a troopship. On May 17, 1918 when on a convoy from Bizerta to Marseille this vessel collided with the escorting French destroyer Catapulte. In the collision the destroyer’s depth-charges were dislodged; they exploded in the water blowing out the bottom plates of both ships, causing them both to sink with some loss of life.