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Cape Don - IMO 5415169

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Photographer:
Tony Martin [ View profile ]
Captured:
Mar 12, 2016
Title:
Cape Don
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Photo Category:
Museum Ships
Added:
Mar 12, 2016
Views:
890
Image Resolution:
2,893 x 1,584

Description:

Awaiting restoration. A former lighthouse tender, now a museum ship in Waverton, New South Wales, Australia. Built and launched by the State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales in 1962 for the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service, she serviced the lighthouses, lightships and buoys of the Australian coast from 1963 to the early 1990s. She is being restored by the labour of enthusiasts to become a museum and training ship. She is listed on the Australian Register of Historic Vessels.

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Current name:
CAPE DON

Former name(s):

 -  Arabella (Until 1999 Mar)

 -  Cape Don (Until 1998 Dec)

Current flag:
Australia

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This ship exists in the following categories:

Museum Ships - 16 photos

Ships under Repair or Conversion - 1 photos

Buoy/Lighthouse Maintenance Vessels and Lightships - 3 photos

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(11)

John Kent

3 photos

John Stokes

1 photos

John Wilson

2 photos

Gordy

1 photos

J

1 photos

Peter M P

1 photos

Tony Martin

4 photos

FredC

1 photos

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Hi Tony. I do enjoy the enthusiasm and results of a good volunteer team like this vessel has. See http://www.mvcapedonsociety.org.au/

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Tony, good photo, funnel seems to be out of proportion with the rest of the ship. Seems to be similar to the old Arcadia.

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