SS Nubeena

Date Added: 06/03/2015



Nubeena. Steamer, 138/93 tons. # 57630. Built Hobart, 1890; reg. Hobart5/1891. Lbd 106.6 x 21.0 x 9.6 ft. Master John Franklin. While on one of herregular voyages from Tasman Peninsula to Hobart, wrecked at Roaring Beach, nearCremorne, Tasmania, 7 October 1910. All hands saved. Parts of the vessel weresalavaged, some being used on the Cartela built in 1912, and others in a refitof the Huon in 1913. The lower hull, engine andboiler were left where they lay, and gradually sank into the sand. The remainsof the boiler can still be seen at low water. [TS2]
On 6 September 1891, under Captain Leask, strandedin the mud while entering the Gordon river, Tasmania; refloated.
On 27 February 1896, ran down and sank the ketchAlabama, between Long Bay and The Flower Pots on the D’Entrecasteaux Channel,Tasmania. [TS1]
On 9 August 1904, under Captain J. J. Mason, leftPort Esperance for the Tamar with a cargo of timber when ran aground nearGarden Island, Tamar heads, Tasmania. Refloated after eight days. [TS2]





SS Nubeena Wreck.
There is still evidence of the wreck of the Nubeena in 1910. A small coastalsteamer, she left Koonya for Hobart with 25 passengers and 40 head of cattle.The night was very dark, and she missed her way and grounded on Cremorne beach,across Frederick Henry Bay. All hands, passengers and cattle were landedsafely,, and after spending the night on the beach around huge fires, thepassengers walked to Rokeby the next day. The Nubeena remained on the beach,where her boiler, a landmark on the beach for decades, is still visible on thebeach. Some items were salvaged by locals, and John Morrisby at Waterlooobtained a fine Oregon pine floor for his barn, as well as a useful shed, madefrom the Nubeena’s wheelhouse.



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