Carpentaria
1918 - 1985
Position as "Carpentaria": 10°
49' South - 140° 59' East
Position as "Breaksea Spit": 24° 21' South - 153° 11' East
Length: 72
feet (ca. 21,94 m) Beam: 25,8
feet (ca. 7,82 m) Draught: 14,4
feet (ca. 4,37 m)
Builder: Cockatoo Island Dockyard,
Sydney Year of construction: 1917 Material: rivetted steel Illuminat: automatic acetylene light,
that switched itself on and off, using a sunlight operated valve,
1500 W
Displacement:
164 t
Costs:
13000 australische Pounds
Range:
10 sm
Optic: 4th order, 250 mm focal distance
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 DayVisitor address:
Queensland Maritime Museum
Corners Stanley & Sidon Streets
South Brisbane
Queensland 4101
AustraliaEntrance fees:
Adults 6 $
Children 3 $
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