HMAS Coogee
Passenger ferry that briefly served as a Royal Australian Navy armed patrol vessel
History | |
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Name |
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Owner |
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Operator |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | J.L. Thompson and Sons , Sunderland |
Yard number | 224 |
Launched | 23 March 1887 |
Completed | 9 May 1887 |
Identification | UK official number 93722 |
Fate | Scrapped and hulk scuttled in 1928 |
General characteristics | |
Type | ferry |
Tonnage | 762 GRT , 286 NRT |
Length | 225.0 ft (68.6 m) |
Beam | 30.2 ft (9.2 m) |
Depth | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
Installed power | 281 NHP |
Propulsion |
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HMAS Coogee was a passenger ferry that briefly served as a Royal Australian Navy armed patrol vessel and minesweeper in the latter part of the First World War . She was launched in 1887 and scuttled in 1928.
History
J.L. Thompson and Sons built her at North Sands, Sunderland as Lancashire Witch , launching her on 23 March 1887 and completing her on 9 May. John Dickinson and Son of Monkwearmouth built her triple-expansion steam engines . [1]
The New Isle of Man Steam Navigation Company had ordered her to be a ferry between Liverpool and the Isle of Man . However, in 1888 Huddart Parker bought her, renamed her Coogee and registered her in Melbourne . [1]
On 20 May 1918 the Royal Australian Navy requisitioned Coogee and commissioned her as a minesweeper for the Bass Strait and as an armed patrol vessel. In 1919 the RAN returned her to her owners. In 1921 the Postmaster-General's Department chartered her to repair the Bass Strait cable. [ citation needed ]
Fate
In 1927 Huddart Parker sold Coogee for scrap. Her engines were removed and she was scuttled outside Port Phillip Bay in 1928 at 38°18′12″S 144°35′0″E / 38.30333°S 144.58333°E / -38.30333; 144.58333 . [2] The wreck is now a popular dive site. [3] [4]
Citations
- 1 2 "Lancashire Witch" . Wear Built Ships . Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust . Retrieved 4 January 2021 .
- ↑ Victorian Archaeological Survey, "SS Coogee (1887–1928)" (PDF) , Dive Information Sheet , archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2011 , retrieved 24 January 2012
- ↑ Department of Planning and Environment, "SS Coogee" , Shipwreck dive sites , archived from the original on 28 March 2011 , retrieved 24 January 2012
- ↑ Milowka, Agnes , My favorite Victorian shipwreck: The scuttled SS Coogee , archived from the original on 16 January 2013 , retrieved 24 January 2012
References
- Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's navy: past, present & future . Brookvale, NSW: Child & Henry. ISBN 0-86777-178-X .
External links
- "Coogee Dive Site" . The Scuba Doctor.