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History

The steel twin screw steamer Meggol was built as the HMS Wexford in 1919 by W Simmons & Co in Renfrew, Scotland - ON 147468.  The steamer weighed 750 tons, 66.8 metres long and was powered by a triple expansion 225 nhp engine.  Registered in Brisbane, the ship changed names a few times: HMS Wexford, HMAS Doomba, Doomba and finally Meggol.  As the anti submarine vessel HMAS Doomba, the vessel operated as a Brisbane excursion steamer and as Meggol she operated as a kerosene carrier.  The steamer was finally scuttled in ~44m water at Fish Reef, Dee Why, Sydney on 9 Dec 1976.















Database

Site information

Site ID: 1578
Type: Steamer screw Construction: Steel
Primary industry: Transport Sub-industry:
Gross tonnage: 750 Net tonnage: 264
Length (mtrs): 66.873 Beam (mtrs): 8.717
Draft (mtrs): 4.724 Cargo: Nil
Engine: Triple expansion (x2) 225 nhp
Country built: UNITED KINGDOM State built:
Port built: Renfrew builder: W Simmons & Co
Port registered: Brisbane When built: 1919
Registration number: 2/1923 Official number: 147468
Sources: Letter from NSW Director of Fisheries to C'lth Dept of Transport 15 Dec 1976 re scuttling. Lloyds 1941-42 RBS Bris 2/1923 Parsons, R & Plunkett, G, 'Scuttled and Abandoned Ships in Australian Waters' 1998.
Comments: Ex 'HMS Wexford', ex 'HMAS Doomba', ex 'Doomba'. Blt as an anti submarine vessel. as tss 'Doomba', operated as a Brisbane excursion steamer. As 'Meggol', operated as kerosene carrier Scuttled in ~44m water. Twin Screw Steamer

Lost event

When lost: 1976/12/09 Where lost: Sydney, Fish Reef, Dee Why
Wrecked/Refloated: Wrecked Sinking: Scuttled
From port: Sydney To port: NA
Master: NA Owner:
Crew: 0 Passengers:
Crew deaths: 0 Passenger deaths: 0
Total deaths: 0

Location

Maximum latitude: -33.72777667 Minimum latitude:
Maximum longitude: 151.3458333 Minimum longitude:
Datum used: WGS84
  Datum    Latitude    Longitude    Zone    Easting    Northing
AGD66 -33.72778165179580 151.34583330000000 56 346746.95111291200000 6266784.88084506000000
AGD84 -33.72778165179580 151.34583330000000 56 346746.95111291200000 6266784.88084506000000
GDA94 -33.72777670380610 151.34583330000000 56 346747.49878647800000 6266798.38155010000000
WGS84 -33.72777670293440 151.34583330000000 56 346747.49878570400000 6266798.38154349000000

Management

Found: Yes Inspected: NO
Protected: Not Protected Jurisdiction: Federal
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