HMAS Parramatta Shipwreck and Memorials 1934
Marker: recorded wreck position (Interwar).
Key facts
| Name | HMAS Parramatta Shipwreck and Memorials | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1934 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Interwar | derived from year |
| Ship type | memorial | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Australia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | -33.5008, 151.1819 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMAS Parramatta Shipwreck and Memorials is a heritage-listed shipwreck at Cascade Gully, Hawkesbury River, Bar Point, Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia. The heritage listing also includes three related memorials, two at Queens Wharf Reserve in Parramatta and one at Garden Island in Sydney. The original HMAS Parramatta was commissioned in 1910, paid off in 1928, and wrecked in 1934. The bow and stern sections were subsequently converted into memorials, while the third memorial relates to the second HMAS Parramatta, sunk in service at Tobruk in World War II. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 15 December 2006.
Diving & visiting
1973: The memorial to HMAS Parramatta (II), sunk in combat in the Mediterranean in World War Two, originally comprised a metal plaque established in the grounds of the Parramatta Bowling Club in 1973.
1986: The present memorial at Queens Wharf Reserve was constructed in 1986 and re-dedicated at that time. An additional interpretative plaque was added in 1995.
Location
- Recorded position: -33.5008, 151.1819 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Australia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMAS Parramatta Shipwreck and Memorials (revision 1364835772), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Parramatta II Memorial”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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