MV Limerick (1925)

The MV Limerick was an cargo ship built by William Hamilton & Co, Glasgow in 1925.

While sailing in a convoy along the east coast of Australia, protected by the Royal Australian Navy corvettes HMAS Colac and HMAS Ballarat (J184), Limerick was torpedoed and sunk on 26 April, by Japanese submarine I-177 off Cape Byron. All but two of the crew lost their lives and were rescued by Colac. I-177 escaped unharmed.