Historical information

Anieura. Four-masted wooden schooner, 1328 tons. Built California, 1918 as the Oronite. Reg. Melbourne, 1928. Lbd 236.5 x 42 x 29. Last captain, de Carteret. Stripped of anything of value at the Yarra Street Pier, Geelong, in 1932; burnt to recover her copper and brass, and sunk off Avalon Bach, two kilometres east of Point Lillias. She had been seized for debt.
@ Her wreckage is scattered and overgrown, covered in light silt in 4 metres.
[NWR],[LC],[NSC]

Significance

A relic from the broken up Barque 'Anieura' in 1932/33:

BARQUE ANIEURA.
Left to Sink in Mud.
GEELONG Monday -The hulk of the barque Anieura, which has been idle in Corio Bay for more than four years, was towed to a spot near Bird Rock on the northern shores of the outer harbour on Monday. The Anieura was built for the timber trade and made a journey to Australia. The owners then decided that the vessel was unsuitable for this trade, and she was sold to an Australian firm. The ship was placed in Corio Bay, and remained at anchorage for about three years before an effort was made to sell her. This being unsuccessful most of the fittings, were disposed of, and the hulk was taken to Fletcher's pier to be out of the way of shipping. The Victorian Salvage Co's offer to the Geelong Harbor Trust to dispose of the hulk was accepted. The 300 tons of road metal ballast was removed, and a quantity of timber taken out. The vessel was towed through the channel this morning and run aground near Bird Rock just outside of the north-east extremity of the bar where it is away from shipping. More timbers will be stripped from the vessel, and it is likely that she will be allowed to sink into the mud.
The Argus Tuesday 4 April 1933.

Physical description

A wooden bunk from the 'Anieura', drawers underneath with brass handles

Subjects

References

  • Photograph of Anieura ARRESTED ANIEURA. Court Orders Sale. The position of the ship Anieura at present berthed at the River Yarra again came before Mr Justice Lowe of the Practice Court yesterday, on an application that the Court should in its Admiralty jurisdiction, authorise the sale of the ship. Affidavits disclosed that it was feared that the owners intended to abandon the vessel for sale in Melbourne Mr Spicer (instructed by Messrs Moule, Hamilton and Kiddle) appeared for Thomas J Kenney and other members of the crew of the ship on whose writ a warrant was issued for the arrest of the vessel. Mr Stretton (Messrs Herman and Stretton), Mr Hall (Messrs James Hall and Sons), and Mr G J. Wise appeared for the creditors of the ship. When the matter was before Mr Justice Lowe, on Monday, he declined to authorise a sale. At that time it was shown that the Anieura was a wooden motor sailing vessel, and was registered in the Republic of Panama. The owners of the ship were an unincorporated body of persons in San Francisco, carrying on business under the style of the Pacific Navigation Line. The vessel had come to Melbourne with a cargo of timber. Cable messages sent to the managing owner had resulted in replies which led Kenney and others of the crew to believe that it was the intention of the owners, to abandon the vessel for sale here. Mr. Spicer yesterday asked for an order for the sale of the ship. He said that the time limited for an appearance by defendants in the action had expired on Monday afternoon, and no appearance had been entered. Mr Justice Lowe said that it seemed desirable that the ship should be sold, and he made an order accordingly. 23 Jul 1927 - ARRESTED ANIEURA. - Trove (nla.gov.au)
  • ARRESTED ANIEURA. Court Orders Sale.
  • BARQUE ANIEURA. Left to Sink in Mud.
  • Braque Anieura