Hougomont (barque)
Hougomont docked in an unidentified port circa 1900 (State Library of South Australia PRG 1373-15-80)
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History | |
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Name | Hougomont |
Operator | Gustaf Erikson[1] |
Builder | Scott Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland[2] |
Completed | 1897 |
Fate | Scuttled 8 January 1933 in Stenhouse Bay |
Status | historic shipwreck[2] |
General characteristics | |
Type | Barque[2] |
Tonnage | 2378[2] |
Length | 292 ft 3 in (89.08 m)[2] |
Beam | 43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)[2] |
Draught | 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m)[2] |
Hougomont was the name of a four-masted steel
History
Hougomont was unfortunate and damaged on several occasions while at sea.[5]
In March 1903 she ran aground at Allonby on the Cumbrian coast. She was bound for Liverpool from San Francisco and had been driven off course by heavy weather. Her cargo included 32,000 cases of tinned pears and 24,000 cases of salmon, which the villagers of Allonby 'harvested' from the shore. [6]
In 1910 nine men were washed overboard when a rogue wave hit her stern in a
On 20 April 1932 at 01:00 she was dismasted by a squall in a storm in the
Nineteen days later, on 8 May 1932, she reached the anchorage immediately off Semaphore in Adelaide. It was estimated that she was damaged beyond repair, so everything valuable on her was removed and shipped to Mariehamn on Herzogin Cecilie in December 1932. She was sold to the Waratah Gypsum Company for scuttling as a breakwater.[1] In January 1933, Wato towed her to Stenhouse Bay for scuttling. She was scuttled there on 8 January 1933.
Today she lies 9 metres (30 feet) underwater in Stenhouse Bay. Her stern and prow are still standing somewhat upright, but most of her hull has collapsed. Her figurehead, a blonde lady dressed in a white gown, is displayed in Åland Maritime Museum in Mariehamn.[8] The wreck site is officially located at 35°16′52.81″S 136°56′40.99″E / 35.2813361°S 136.9447194°E.[2]
Technical facts
Tonnage: 2074 grt [9]
Dimensions: 89 x 13,2 x 7,3 m
Material: steel
Date of launch: 3 June 1897
Deadweight tonnage: 4000 [9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Hougomont's Fate, will be used as breakwater At outport, Stenhouse Bay". The Advertiser. 21 December 1932. p. 20. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Australian National Shipwreck Database (ANSD) - Hougomont". Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Environment. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Hougomont". kolumbus.fi.
- ^ "Hougomont". kolumbus.fi.
- ^ "Steel barque Hougomont". www.samemory.sa.gov.au.
- ^ Wigton Advertiser, 7 March 1903
- ^ "SV Hougomont (+1933)".
- ^ "Hougomont". Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b "The Last Tall Ships", Georg Kahre, 1978, Conway Maritime Press, Greenwich.