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FAWKNER

FAWKNER SELFPROPLELLED HOPPER BARGE

General properties

Vessel type: 
HB Hopper Barge, Self-propelled
Flag: 
AU
Manager: 
Melbourne Harbour Trust
Built in: 
1883
Shipyard: 
Wm Simons & Co Ltd.
Yard number: 
237

Physical properties

Length (BP): 
46.82 m
Width: 
7.96 m
Depth: 
3.72 m
Draft (loaded): 
3.05 m

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1883 - 1935
Review: 
Lost

Last Updated

6 years 36 weeks ago

History

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About this equipment

Vessel history 1880s she was attached to the Victorian Navy as an auxiliary unit and was fitted with gun mountings
24/9/1913 sank after a collision with the steamer Karoola in the Yarra River  

20/May/1935 dismantled and sunk outside Pt. Phillip Heads.  

SOURCE: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/

 

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