Registration number 2711
Status Archived
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Previous names

  • Lucia

Details

Function Service Vessel
Subfunction Launch
Location South Australia
Archive reason Overseas Watch List
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Taylor & Bates, James, Chertsey
Built in 1902
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 2
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None

Dimensions

Length: Overall
43.00 feet (13.11m)
Breadth: Beam
9.00 feet (2.74m)
Depth
1.30 feet (0.40m)

History

MOORUNDE is a motor launch of teak double planked construction and was built in 1902 by James Taylor & Bates, Chertsey.

In the 1900s she was shipped out on the deck of the ss Port Phillip 3 arriving in Adelaide, Australia, on 1st January 1913 and was used as a duck hunting boat by Napier Birk. She is now used as a cabin cruiser along the Murray River.

Although this vessel is on the Overseas Watch List, we are lacking information about this particular vessel. If you have any information about this vessel, past or present, please contact us.

Key dates

  • 1902

    Built in England by James Taylor
  • 1900s

    Shipped to Australia on the deck of a P&O ship ss Port Phillip
  • 1900

    Purchased by Sir Napier Birks
  • 1950

    Lucia re-named Moorunde after a settlement named by Edward John Oyre

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