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COOGEE
LocationShips Graveyard, Outside Port Phillip Heads Area, Bass Strait VHR NumberS142 Date lost20/02/1928 Year of construction1887 Official number93722 |
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Statement of Significance
The SS Coogee is historically significant for its working life in a variety of roles for nearly 40 years, serving as a Port Phillip excursion steamer, Bass Strait passenger ship, cable repair ship and as a minesweeper during World War I. It is recreationally significant as one of the wrecks in the Ships' Graveyard and is a spectacular advanced dive.
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Construction Material | Steel |
| Hull Details | Rigged as a 3 mast schooner 61 deck (part steel) shade deck 44 ft Electric light4 bulkheads 7 Elliptical stern, clincher built 6 |
| Propulsion | Steam - Screw |
| Number of Masts | 3 |
| Length / Breadth / Depth | 225.0 Feet / 0.0 / 0.0 |
| History | |
| Builder | J. L. Thompson & Sons |
| Built Date | 1887 |
| Built Port / Country | Sunderland / England |
| Registration Port / Country | Melbourne / Australia |
| Details |
Huddart Parker's steamship Coogee was purchased to operate in the Melbourne to Geelong trade. After a brief period on this run, it was placed in the Bass Strait passenger service, where in 1903, it ... more |
| Voyage Details | |
| Date Lost | 20/02/1928 |
| Owner | Huddart Parker Ltd. then Grant Allen, Melb. (1927) |
| Cause of Loss |
Dismantled and scuttled |
| Further Details | |
| Number of Passengers | 0 |
| Number of Crew Members | 0 |