Commonwealth Lightship 2

Carpentaria

1918 - 1985

 

 

 Position as "Carpentaria": 10° 49' South - 140° 59' East
Position as "Breaksea Spit": 24° 21' South - 153° 11' East


Ship data

Length: 72 feet (ca. 21,94 m)

Beam: 25,8 feet (ca. 7,82 m)

Draught: 14,4 feet (ca. 4,37 m)

Displacement: 164 t

Builder: Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney

Year of construction: 1917

Costs: 13000 australische Pounds

Material: rivetted steel

 
Range: 10 sm
Optic: 4th order, 250 mm focal distance

Illuminat: automatic acetylene light, that switched itself on and off, using a sunlight operated valve, 1500 W

 
Anchor: 3 t

 

History:

1918 commissioned

1917-1985 Gulf of Carpentaria, Breaksea Spit, Bass Strait

1985 decommissioned

Today museum lightvessel in the Queensland Maritime Museum in Brisbane, Australia

 

Opening hours:
Daily 9.30 am until 4.30 pm
closed Christmay Day

Visitor address:
Queensland Maritime Museum
Corners Stanley & Sidon Streets
South Brisbane
Queensland 4101
Australia

Entrance fees:
Adults 6 $
Children 3 $

 

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