Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Fremantle Bucket Dredge (1936/09/04)

near Stragglers Rocks

Fremantle was a bucket dredge.
Worked Fremantle Harbour area 1895-1905, Perth waters and Fremantle area 1928-1934, laid up Fremantle 1/1936, sold to J.E. Hall for scrapping, 4/9/1936 Scuttled nearby to Stragglers Rocks in 40 ft water.
Possibly Stragglers UNID Dredge No 1 site.

Ship Built

Owner Government of Western Australia, Public Works Department

Builder Simons & Co

Country Built Scotland

Port Built Glasgow

Port Registered Fremantle

When Built 1894

Ship Lost

Grouped Region Metro

Sinking Towed out and sunk near Stragglers

When Lost 1936/09/04

Where Lost near Stragglers Rocks

Ship Details

Engine compound steam engine, single screw

Length 45.70

Beam 8.80

TONA 150.00

Draft 3.80

Museum Reference

Unique Number 908

Sunk Code Scuttled

File Number 445/71

Protected Protected Federal

Found N

Inspected N

Confidential NO

Sources

The West Australian 05/09/1936
OLD DREDGE SUNK.
End of the Fremantle.
Towed by two motor launches, the hulk of the old dredge Fremantle, which was sold in January to Mr. J. E. Hall, of Fremantle, for scrap, was taken out of the harbour yesterday morning and sunk near the Stragglers, a series of rocks seven miles due west of the harbour. It was intended originally to beach the remains of the dredge near the wreck of the old State steamer Kwinana, at: Rockingham, and break up the two hulks simultaneously; but it was stated yesterday by Mr. Hall that owing to the guarantee required that work would be completed within a stipulated time it was not worth the trouble. The work of dismantling the dredge has been proceeding at Victoria Quay for several weeks, and little except the shell remained yesterday.