SS Pioneer (1905)

SS Pioneer was a steam dredging ship which was in service with the Department of Ports & Harbours, Melbourne, Australia, from 1905 to 1975.[1]

History
Australia
Name: SS Pioneer
Owner: Government of Victoria
Operator: Department of Ports & Harbours, Melbourne
Builder: Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland
Yard number: 161
Launched: 15 April 1905
Identification: Official number: 120520
Fate: Scuttled off Port Phillip, 9 March 1950
General characteristics [1]
Type: Hopper Dredger
Tonnage:
Length: 170 ft (52 m) p/p
Beam: 37 ft 1 in (11.30 m)
Depth: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Propulsion: 2 × triple expansion steam engines, 2 shafts
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h)

Wilhelm Wassmuss sailed on the SS Pioneer down the Tigris river in 1915, when making his way into Persia, to support revolts against the British there.[2]

Pioneer was finally scuttled in 50 metres (160 ft) of water in the "Ships' Graveyard" off Point Lonsdale on 9 March 1950.[3]

References
  1. "Screw Steamer Pioneer". The Clyde Ships Data Base. 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. Khandani, Babak. "German Qaran and Toman". Fravahr.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  3. "The Victorian Ships' Graveyard". vicshipwrecks.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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