About: Booya (ship)

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Booya was a three-masted schooner with a steel hull built in the Netherlands in 1917. She was originally named De Lauwers. The schooner was renamed Argosy Lemal in 1920 and carried that name until 1949. As Argosy Lemal the ship served as one of the early United States Army communications ships from 1942–1949. In 1949, on return to civilian use, the vessel was renamed Ametco, Clair Crouch and finally Booya in 1964. Booya was last seen anchored off Fort Hill wharf in Darwin Harbour at about 8.00pm on 24 December 1974, the evening Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin. Nearly twenty-nine years later, in October 2003, she was discovered by chance in Darwin Harbour, lying on her starboard side in about 20 metres of water.

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  • Booya was a three-masted schooner with a steel hull built in the Netherlands in 1917. She was originally named De Lauwers. The schooner was renamed Argosy Lemal in 1920 and carried that name until 1949. As Argosy Lemal the ship served as one of the early United States Army communications ships from 1942–1949. In 1949, on return to civilian use, the vessel was renamed Ametco, Clair Crouch and finally Booya in 1964. Booya was last seen anchored off Fort Hill wharf in Darwin Harbour at about 8.00pm on 24 December 1974, the evening Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin. Nearly twenty-nine years later, in October 2003, she was discovered by chance in Darwin Harbour, lying on her starboard side in about 20 metres of water. (en)
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  • Sank 24 December 1974
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  • Gebroeders van Diepen, Waterhuizen, Netherlands (en)
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  • *UK Official Number 144888 *Code Letters KGHS * *Code Letters VJDF * (en)
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  • 1917 (xsd:integer)
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  • *De Lauwers *Argosy Lemal *Ametco *Clair Crouch *Booya (en)
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  • *Owner operated except:- *United States Army (en)
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  • *Argosy Shipping & Coal Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne *Yorke Shipping Pty Ltd, Port Adelaide *Australian Government *Australian Middle East Trading Co *M B Crouch & Co Ltd *Mornington Island Fishing Co *Denham Island Transport Co (en)
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  • Sails, 1 × 2SCSA oil engine, (en)
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  • * Netherlands 1917–20 * Newcastle upon Tyne 1920–23 * Port Adelaide * United States Army * Australia (en)
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  • Schooner (en)
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  • Booya was a three-masted schooner with a steel hull built in the Netherlands in 1917. She was originally named De Lauwers. The schooner was renamed Argosy Lemal in 1920 and carried that name until 1949. As Argosy Lemal the ship served as one of the early United States Army communications ships from 1942–1949. In 1949, on return to civilian use, the vessel was renamed Ametco, Clair Crouch and finally Booya in 1964. Booya was last seen anchored off Fort Hill wharf in Darwin Harbour at about 8.00pm on 24 December 1974, the evening Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin. Nearly twenty-nine years later, in October 2003, she was discovered by chance in Darwin Harbour, lying on her starboard side in about 20 metres of water. (en)
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  • *Ametco (1949–52) (en)
  • *Argosy Lemal (1920–49) (en)
  • *Booya (1964–74) (en)
  • *Clair Crouch (1952–64) (en)
  • *De Lauwers (1917–20) (en)
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