Timaru, ND4, CND4 wreck
During WWI, the Commonwealth Government requisitioned or purchased a number of dredges from around Australia, and between 1917 and 1919 brought them to WA for dredging Cockburn Sound for the construction of the Henderson Naval Base. With the cessation of the war, work stopped and the dredges were laid up in Cockburn Sound, and slowly sold off during the 1920s. One of those was the steam hopper barge 404, aka TIMARU, aka Naval Dredger 4, aka CND4, built in 1893. Register closed 1962 ‘Vessel dismantled and sunk’. Possibly sold to J.E. Hall stripped and scuttled off Stragglers Rocks or Rottnest Graveyard
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When Built 1893
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Length 44.20
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Beam 9.20
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Draft 3.70
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Engine Twin screw
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When Lost 1930
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Sinking Stripped and scuttled
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Sunk Code Scuttled
Museum Reference
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wreck Timaru, ND4, CND4
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Found N
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Inspected N
Artefact information
| wreck | Timaru, ND4, CND4 |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1930 |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Engine | Twin screw |
| When Built | 1893 |
| Length | 44.20 |
| Beam | 9.20 |
| Draft | 3.70 |
| Sinking | Stripped and scuttled |
| Sunk Code | Scuttled |
| Comments | During WWI, the Commonwealth Government requisitioned or purchased a number of dredges from around Australia, and between 1917 and 1919 brought them to WA for dredging Cockburn Sound for the construction of the Henderson Naval Base. With the cessation of the war, work stopped and the dredges were laid up in Cockburn Sound, and slowly sold off during the 1920s. One of those was the steam hopper barge 404, aka TIMARU, aka Naval Dredger 4, aka CND4, built in 1893. Register closed 1962 ‘Vessel dismantled and sunk’. Possibly sold to J.E. Hall stripped and scuttled off Stragglers Rocks or Rottnest Graveyard |
| Sources | Gregg, M. et al, 2010, Maritime History database |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/timaru-nd4-cnd4 |