Photograph of S.S Fitzroy, framed.

Builders of the Ship: Napier and Miller LTD Kilpatrick, Glasgow. Designers: James Pollock Sons + Co LTD. 5 Lloyds Avenue London.

Inscription on reverse: S.S. Fitzroy busy at the jetty - wrecked 1921

The SS Fitzroy was a steel steamer screw built in 1912 at Old Kilpatrick that was wrecked when it capsized in a gale whilst carrying a general cargo between Coffs Harbour and Sydney. It was lost off Cape Hawke, New South Wales on 26 June 1921.

It was used by the shipping firm Langley Brothers as a passenger and general cargo vessel between Coffs Harbour and Sydney. Launched 1912, wrecked 1921. [Source: COFF'S HARBOUR JETTY. (1915, April 6). Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), p. 2.]