Steamer with lighters lying alongside, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
Description:
Four lighters; yawl rigged
Owner:
P&O, then Armstrong & Waters and the Douglas family
Construction:
Iron; 6mm plates
Sunk:
1. May 1928 2. About 1890 3. Unknown 4. Unknown
Size:
Length: 76.0 ft (23.2 m) Beam: 18.0 ft (5.5 m) Draft: (10.0 ft (3.05 m) Tonnage: 140
Underwater:
Built:
Prefabricated in England and assembled in Albany
Location:
1. Near Whale Head Rock, King George Sound 2. Abandoned in about 1890 at Whalers Beach, Frenchman Bay, near P&O’s water supply spring 3. Just to the east of the P&O coaling jetty 4. Unknown
Sinking:
1. The last owner was Norman Pannet. He bought the lighter in 1925 and used it to pull up piles as the baths were demolished. In May 1928, at the end of its useful life, it was sunk with explosives.
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Steamer with lighters lying alongside, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
