SS Pioneer (1905)
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Steam dredging ship
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Name | SS Pioneer |
Owner | Government of Victoria |
Operator | Department of Ports & Harbours, Melbourne |
Builder | Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow |
Yard number | 161 |
Launched | 15 April 1905 |
Identification | Official number: 120520 |
Fate | Scuttled off Port Phillip, 9 March 1950 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Hopper Dredger |
Tonnage | |
Length | 170 ft (52 m) p/p |
Beam | 37 ft 1 in (11.30 m) |
Depth | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × triple expansion steam engines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
SS Pioneer was a steam dredging ship which was in service with the Department of Ports & Harbours, Melbourne, Australia, from 1905 to 1975.[1]
Pioneer was finally scuttled in 50 metres (160 ft) of water in the "Ships' Graveyard" off Point Lonsdale on 9 March 1950.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Screw Steamer Pioneer". The Clyde Ships Data Base. 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "The Victorian Ships' Graveyard". vicshipwrecks.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- "Pioneer Dive Site". The Scuba Doctor.
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