SS Ben Dearg 1956
Marker: recorded wreck position (Modern).
Key facts
| Name | SS Ben Dearg | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1956 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Modern | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Scuttled | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Sea / ocean | Great Australian Bight | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 4 km from land |
| Position | -35.0104, 118.0517 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Ben Dearg was ordered by The Admiralty as the Castle-class trawler Thomas Alexander, she was launched 18 July, 1919 well after WWI ended. In January 1920 she was allocated to the National Fishery Scheme for setting up the "Minesweeper's Cooperative Trawling Society, Ltd." of London. She was completed as a fishing trawler 4 June, 1920. In August, 1921 she was sold to "Remy & Huret", Boulogne and renamed Etoile Polaire II, Sold to Fred Parkes of Blackpool and renamed Daily Express in February, 1930. She was sold again in December, 1933 and renamed Turcoman. After being sold again she was renamed Ben Dearg in October, 1936 and was requisitioned as a minesweeper in World War II in 1939 by the British Admiralty. She was returned to her owner in 1946.
1 July, 1949 she was sold to Anglo-Australian Fisheries Limited, Perth Australia. She departed Fleetwood 16 July with a 15 man English crew who all volunteered to settle in Australia. She arrived in Freemantle, Western Australia, on 16 September, 1949.
The single-screw steamer was coal burning, with a single-ended boiler that generated 180 lb per square inch of pressure of steam.
Location
- Recorded position: -35.0104, 118.0517 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Great Australian Bight
- Nearest coast: Australia
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Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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