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From the collection of Queenscliffe Maritime Museum

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Functional object - Porthole

Historical information

SS Cheviot was wrecked on Cheviot Beach, Sorrento, Point Nepean

Significance

Salvaged from the wreck of the SS Cheviot wrecked on 20 October 1887 with loss of life. Queenscliff Lifeboat unable to navigate the Rip due to treacherous weather

Physical description

2 Brass Portholes

References

SS Cheviot Loss of propeller while on outer edge of Rip made the vessel unmanageable. Sails were set immediately but it drifted ashore about 9 pm. Broke in two before going to pieces. Queenscliff lifeboat unable to get out through Heads, due to the appalling weather. A rocket life-line and boatswain's chair were the means by which 24 passengers and crew were saved. Some victims drowned, trapped in the fore cabin; others battered to death on rocks; 8 buried in Quarantine Station cemetery. Captain exonerated by Steam Navigation Board, praised for attempts to save vessel and those onboard. Cheviot bought for inter-colonial passenger and coal-carrying trade in 1876.

Identifier

2019-009

Production methods

Manufactured

Materials

Alloy, Brass

Measurements

Width: 370 millimetres, Height: 100 millimetres

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https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5f3b6e229a57e00330a07ee4

Accessed 20 April 2024

This record was last updated 3 years ago

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