Zanoni (1865)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Zanoni |
| Owner | Thomas Royden & Son |
| Builder | W. H. Potter & Co |
| Launched | 1865 |
| Maiden voyage | 14 February 1866 Lima, Peru |
| Fate | Sank in bad weather, 1867 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Barque |
| Tonnage | 330 tonnes[2] / 338 tons[1] |
| Length | 139 feet (42 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Crew | Captain plus 13 crew |
34°30′43.8″S 138°03′48.4″E / 34.512167°S 138.063444°E Zanoni was a ship built in Liverpool, England in 1865 by W. H. Potter & Co as a 338-ton composite barque. It was owned by Thomas Royden & Sons who intended to use it for the East India trade.[1]
It sank in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia in 1867. The wreck is now the best-preserved merchant ship wreck remaining in South Australia from the 19th century.[3]
Voyages
Zanoni left Liverpool on 14 February 1866 for
The ship encountered a violent squall on the way from Port Wakefield back to Port Adelaide carrying the bark and a total of 4025 bags of wheat and sank without trace. The 16 people on board (captain, 13 crew and two
The wreck
Despite several searches and a £100 reward in the weeks following the sinking, Zanoni was not found in 1867. A new attempt to find it in the early 1980s gained information from a retired fisherman and the wreck was found and identified, about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of the position the survivors had reported, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Ardrossan, in 18 metres (59 ft) of water.[1]
The site of the wreck of Zanoni is now protected by a 550 metres (1,800 ft) exclusion zone declared under the South Australian Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981 on 26 May 1983.[4] No boating of any kind is permitted inside this zone, in an attempt to protect what remains of the ship from damage from fishing nets and boat anchors.[3]
The No 5 dumb hopper barge (also known as the Zanoni Barge[5]) was scuttled in 1984 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Zanoni to provide an alternative artificial reef for fishing and diving.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g B. Jeffery. "The Zanoni" (PDF). Visit Yorke Peninsula / Heritage South Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ Hopgood, D.J. (26 May 1983). "HISTORIC SHIPWRECKS ACT, 1981 Notice under Section 7 (1)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 1233. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Ardrossan Ships' Graveyard". Government of South Australia. Department for Environment and Water. Retrieved 22 November 2020.