HMAS Coogee
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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.[2] The wreck is now a popular dive site.[3][4]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b "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
[edit]- Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's navy: past, present & future. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Henry. ISBN 0-86777-178-X.
External links
[edit]- "Coogee Dive Site". The Scuba Doctor.
- 1887 ships
- Bass Strait ferries
- Coastal trading vessels of Australia
- Ferries of the United Kingdom
- Iron and steel steamships of Australia
- Minesweepers of the Royal Australian Navy
- Patrol vessels of the Royal Australian Navy
- Scuttled vessels of Australia
- Ships built on the River Wear
- Shipwrecks of Victoria (state)
- Steamships of Australia
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- Underwater diving sites in Australia
- World War I merchant ships of Australia
- World War I naval ships of Australia