SS Marloo

SS Marloo
Location of SS Marloo in Queensland
Location of SS Marloo in Queensland
Location Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 24°56′56″S 153°18′13″E / 24.9488°S 153.3035°E / -24.9488; 153.3035Coordinates: 24°56′56″S 153°18′13″E / 24.9488°S 153.3035°E / -24.9488; 153.3035
Official name: Protected Area - SS Marloo
Type protected area (archaeological)
Designated 12 October 2002
Delisted 2015
Reference no. 800001

SS Marloo is a heritage-listed shipwreck at Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 October 2002 but delisted in 2015.[1][2]

History

SS Marloo

SS Marloo was a steel steamer of 2628 tons owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Formerly the "Francesco Crispi", it was built at Newcastle on Tyne, England in 1891.[1]

In September 1914, SS Marloo was steaming from Mackay to Brisbane when she hit s submerged danger on Sandy Cape Shoal off Fraser Island. She was taking on water fast, so the captain streered the ship and deliberately beached it on Fraser Island about 3 miles (4.8km) north of Waddy Point on 27 September 1914.[3] The crew and all 38 passengers were rescued.[4] A subsequent enquiry found the ship's captain was at fault for not exercising sufficient care and attention in navigation in an area of known dangers.[5] Most of the steamer's cargo was salvaged before a north-easterly gale frustrated attempts to refloat her and she soon went to pieces. The remains of the Marloo have been blasted to recover brass.[1][6][2]

Over the years, some of the wreckage became disassociated from the main wreck, which led to a listing on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2002 in an attempt to protect the disassociated wreckage. However, in 2015, it was delisted from the Queensland Heritage Register as the Australian Government's Shipwreck Act now provides adequate protection for the sites containing relics of shipwrecks.[2]

Description

The wreck of the SS Marloo are located on the beach about 4km northwest of Waddy Point on Fraser Island in about 8 to 9 metres of water. The remains are located below the surface and are sometimes exposed due to tidal events and erosion. The remains were last exposed in October 2002.[1]

Heritage listing

The SS Marloo was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 October 2002; it was declared by regulation of the Queensland Heritage Act 1992 (see Section 8 of the Queensland Heritage Regulation 2003) to be a protected area.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Protected Area - SS Marloo (entry 800001)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Queensland Heritage Regulation 2015" (PDF). Queensland Legislation. Queensland Government. 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "AGROUND AT SANDY CAPE.". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 28 September 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wreck of the Marlos.". Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "WRECKED MARLOO.". Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "MARLOO SALVAGE OPERATIONS.". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 January 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

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