Nice looking hull Tony has found - any sign of the owner? ... From: Mori Flapan <mflapan@...> Subject: [maritime_history_downunder] Timber Hull at Port...
Mori, Probably rather way out BUT, BURRAGI was abandoned in Port Douglas about 10 years ago. Graeme...
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Oct 23, 2009 6:48 pm
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Hi Graeme & Mori, A quick web search found references to Burragi floating restaurant in both Port Douglas and Cooktown. Can't seem to find a photo however. ...
That's BURRAGI as she looked when I drove her. She was totally rebuilt from water boat SS ISIS. So she has two building date c. 1916 and c.1956. In the early...
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Oct 24, 2009 7:23 pm
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she traded into hobart in the 1950's. bery low-waisted with high foc'sle and forrard walkway built high back to aftermost structure. not very big, maybe thou...
Dear "Jagcatsau" Thanks for your inquiry regarding the Ransdorp. She is listed on the register that I have been compiling. The information on the record for ...
Dear Ted I sent the following email to Peter Garrett. Hope it helps. Regards Mori The Hon Peter Garrett (Minister for the Environment, Heritage & the Arts) PO...
Many, many thanks. All the best Ted If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white, Remember it's ruin to run from a fight: So take open order, lie down,...
Thanks Mori, here is more on this vessel: Initially bareboat chartered from 11/1949 by the Australian Shipping Board from the Dutch owners and sailed to...
Dear All, Robert Thompkins suggests Ransdorp sank east of Brisbane March 18, 1961. Earlier that year I saw her in that general area in big seas - very...
Dear Mori, You make some very good points regarding the importance of HMVS Cerberus for Canberra to ponder, and hopefully respond to. I would like to add more....
Dear Lindsay Thank you very much for your contribution to the debate. Surely there is something that can be done with the Cerberus that would make it as viable...
G'Day all, I'm wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts, or fate, of the former steam tug Ben Shortridge. I recall a mention of her being in Ballina in the...
Dear All, Dont know where the tug is but her engines were taken ( I think) to Port Adelaide by the late Keith le Leu as part of his privately-run Austbuilt ...
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Oct 27, 2009 6:52 pm
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Given that far less than 5% of Australian dive & that if saved & restored Cerberus would be: A great educational tool, a fine tourst attraction & a fitting...
Dear Austin According to Tony Starke's AUS-SHIPS, the Ben Shortridge was owned by A.R.Wright of Newcastle in 1993 and was still in existence in 2000. I looked...
In recent times (ca2007) the former BEN SHORTRIDGE was at Mackay owned by Kevin English and advertised as the backpacker's accommodation vessel ERIN MARIE....
BEN SHORTRIDGE was constructed at Newcastle by the State Dockyard from incomplete sections obtained from Poole & Steel Ltd of Balmain - a lengthened/Improved...
Thank you all for your excellent responses to my inquiry. Especially br_reef, you have added enormously to my knowledge of this vessel. The Ben Shortridge's...
To my knowledge, the last of the nine Australian built Improved Empire Maple Class tugs PURSUIT (exBURROWAREE) was sold from Cairns to the Solomons in December...
Hi Buster Thank you very much for providing the photos. An amazingly tall funnel for a tug built in the 1950s! I rang the number on the advertisement and found...
Absolutely agree with the argument for saving cerberus and the very relevant points regarding the expense of dive wrecks. Is there some obscure federal...
Cerberus is totally unique, both from the Australian & World maritime perspective. Other nations cwould give their eye teeth to have a ship of the importance...
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