Owned slide with copyright
photo Mike Cornwall

Completed 1972
Straitsman capsized in the Yarra by 22 South Wharf on the morning of Saturday 23 March 1974 when water entered through the stern door which had been opened in readiness for berthing. She had altered from full ahead to half ahead which caused the stern to squat at a time when she had only 23cm of freeboard at the stern. The water in the vehicle deck caused a free surface effect and consequent loss of stability. She lay across the river, just under the surface adjecent to Dilkurra and just ahead of Port New Plymouth. She was raised nine weeks later. Two lives were lost.
Subsequent History:
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