No 5 dumb hopper barge
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | No 5 dumb hopper barge |
| Operator: | Department of Marine and Harbors, 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) |
No 5 dumb hopper 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.
Following the prohibition of access to the waters within Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). of the historic wrecksite of the Zanoni, the barge was scuttled during the week ending 13 April 1984 about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 272: attempt to index local 'cat' (a nil value). south east of Ardrossan in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia in order to create an artificial reef available for recreational fishing use. In her scuttled state, she is known as the Unnamed Barge, The Zanoni Barge and The Ardrossan Barge. The scuttling site is officially located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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