No 5 dumb hopper barge
No 5 dumb hopper barge, since being scuttled known as the No. 5 Barge, Zanoni Barge and Ardrossan Barge, was a hopper barge which was built in 1911 at Balmain in New South Wales by Poole & Steel for the then Marine Board of South Australia, an agency of the Government of South Australia. She was part of a fleet of vessels used to dredge the shipping approaches to Port Adelaide and other ports in South Australia. Her specific role was to hold spoil from the dredging process and convey it under tow to a dumping site. In 1978, she became redundant after the purchase of two self-propelled barges.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | No 5 dumb hopper barge |
| Operator | Department of Marine and Harbours, Government of South Australia |
| Builder | Poole and Steel |
| Out of service | 1978 |
| Fate | Scuttled to form artificial reef |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | hopper barge |
| Length | 140 ft 0 in (42.67 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 4 in (9.25 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Following the prohibition of access to the waters within 550 metres (1,800 feet) of the historic wrecksite of Zanoni, the barge was scuttled during the week ending 13 April 1984 about 17.5 kilometres (10.9 miles) south east of Ardrossan in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia in order to create an artificial reef available for recreational fishing use. The scuttling site, an official ship's graveyard, is located at 34°31′48.88″S 138°03′47.04″E / 34.5302444°S 138.0630667°E.[2][1][3][4][5][6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Ardrossan Ships' Graveyard". Government of South Australia. Department for Environment and Water. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSD) - Unnamed barge". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Environment. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "South Australian Shipwrecks, The Zanoni 1865 - 1867" (PDF). Heritage South Australia, Government of South Australia. 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 189, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
- ^ "Artificial reefs". Primary Industries and Regions, South Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Bait up for an Easter bonanza". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA). 13 April 1984. p. 16.
External links edit
- “Snapper fishing Ardrossan South Australia.MP4” published on Jan 17, 2013