BUNYIP selfpropelled bucket dredger

General properties

IMO number: 
1080454
Vessel type: 
BLD
Built in: 
1879
Shipyard: 
Yard number: 
212

Physical properties

Length BP: 
48.92 m
Width: 
8.60 m
Depth: 
3.04 m

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1879 to 1921
Review: 
Rebuilt

Last updated

3 months 1 week ago

About this equipment

Subsequent owner and registration history

8/18879 Melbourne Harbor Trust Commissioners, Melbourne - reg Melbourne1921 unreg19xx Victorian Lighterage Pty Ltd, Melbourne 1936 reg Melbourne 

Vessel history

1921 converted to a lighter, 381grt 379nrt 

 
20/11/1954 loaded with wool she broke adrift from Princes Pier and was washed against the sea wall and broke her back. 13/4/1955 remains scuttled with explosives outside Port Phillip Heads  
source: http://www.clydeships.co.uk/

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Images

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