MuseumConservation blog | Updated 3 years ago
Last time we posted on the blog, we detailed how the slipway site, bogies and poppets were getting cleaned up by the incredible students at the Challenger TAFE. This next instalment is an update about what’s been happening on site recently.
MuseumConservation blog | Updated 3 years ago
Ahoy there!
Many of you who have visited the WA Museum – Maritime down at Victoria Quay in Fremantle would have noticed HMAS Ovens sitting proudly on the slipway next to the museum.
HMAS Ovens is a former Royal Australian Navy Oberon Class submarine. Ovens was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 17 June 1966, launched on 4 December 1967 by the Viscountess Slim, and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 18 April 1969.