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matching harbour trust dredge "george kermode"
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Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper clippings
... Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode"...Sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form...Sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form...Article on sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode...Article on sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode... of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reef Sinking... of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reef ...Sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form artificial reef a mile south-east of Pyramid RockArticle on sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reeflocal history, documents, newspapers, newspaper clipping, dredges, black & white newspaper clipping, harbour trust dredge "george kermode" -
Phillip Island and District Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper clippings
... Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode"...Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George...Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George...Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George...Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George... of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reef... sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reef ...Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form an artificial reef a mile south-east of Pyramid Rock.Photographs of sinking of Harbour Trust Dredge "George Kermode" to form a reeflocal history, documents, newspapers, newspaper clipping, dredges, black & white newspaper clipping, harbour trust dredge "george kermode" -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Instrument - Binnacle Compass
... the George Kermode and commenced operation in Victorian waters on 22... the George Kermode and commenced operation in Victorian waters...Binnacle compass from the 'George Kermode'...Binnacle compass from the 'George Kermode'... from the 'George Kermode' Compass No. 3127N Sestrel Type 89098... Dredge Port Phillip Melbourne Harbour Trust ...Built in 1914 by Fleming and Ferguson in Paisley Scotland as Sir William Matthews for the Ceylon Government, she was a twin screwed steam bucket dredge. She was purchased from the Western Australian Government by the Melbourne Harbour Trust on 10 October 1941. After an extensive overhaul, the vessel was renamed the George Kermode and commenced operation in Victorian waters on 22 June 1942. The George Kermode was scuttled by the Department of Conservation, Forests and Land off Phillip Island on the 1 April 1976 as part of an artificial reef program. This vessel was used to dredge the Port Phillip channels from 1942 and is of cultural significance to Queenscliffe.Binnacle compass from the 'George Kermode'Compass No. 3127N Sestrel Type 89098bucket dredge, port phillip, melbourne harbour trust -
Queenscliffe Maritime Museum
Functional object - Ship's Wheel from S S George Kermode, 1914
... Ship's Wheel from S S George Kermode...george kermode...george kermode..., the vessel was renamed the GEORGE KERMODE and commenced operation... vessel was renamed the GEORGE KERMODE and commenced operation in... dredge George Kermode (formerly Sir William Mathews). Built... dredge George Kermode (formerly Sir William Mathews). Built...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Ship's Wheel from S S George Kermode Functional... center ladder hopper dredge George Kermode (formerly Sir William ...The Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission purchased the steam dredge SIR WILLIAM MATHEWS on 10 October 1941 from the Western Australian Government. Although the dredge was described as a suction dredge it was in fact a bucket dredge. After an overhaul, the vessel was renamed the GEORGE KERMODE and commenced operation in Victorian waters on 22 June 1942. The vessel was hired out to the Port of Burnie in 1945-46 but continued in the ownership of the Trust until 1 April 1976 when it was scuttled by the Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands as part of their artificial reef program. This program resulted in a number of reefs being established in Port Phillip Bay, including one off Carrum containing the wooden steamer URALBA.Timber and brass ship's wheel from center ladder hopper dredge George Kermode (formerly Sir William Mathews). Built Paisley Scotland 1914.noneships wheel, scuttled vessels, artificial reefs, george kermode