Duckenfield
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The
steamer Duckenfield was built as a combined sail and
steamship by J & W Dudgeon in England. She was
launched in 1875 and sailed for the Australian company J
& A Brown. She arrived Australia the year after and
was extensively used as a coastal freighter. Under a
journey from Newcastle to Sydney loaded with coke, she hit
ground at Long Reef outside Sydney 24. May 1889. She was
firmly grounded until a high wave made her capsize and
disappeared in the deep. She was partly salvaged on site
to retrieve the copper, but the wreck was soon abandoned
and forgotten. The wreck was found by sport divers in
1987. The battered remains of her rest today on a depth of
24 meter about 1,5 nautical mile north of Long Reef
outside Narrabeen.
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| GPS (AUS66 ): 33° 43' 11.3"S 151° 19' 22.6"E ( Source: Michael McFadyen ) Last updated: April 2016 |
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