 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1921 -
Description: Bronze, three bladed propeller and bronze shaft with steel coupling still attached. The whole is displayed in the Furneaux Museum grounds, sitting on steel supports. The propeller can still turn.The propeller and shaft is from the Merilyn, formerly the Narrabeen which was wrecked off Goose Island in the Furneaux Group on November 22, 1958. The crew got to Goose Island in the ship's boat. In December 2007 the propellor was shifted to the front of the new Museum building on new galvanised steel supports. Format: realia Object: propellers (ship) Titles: Merilyn Propeller and Shaft Subjects: shipwrecks; propellers (ship) People/Orgs: Merilyn (vessel) Places: Goose Island, Furneaux group, Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00335 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
This site has been produced by LINC Tasmania.
This page was generated at 31 August 2012, 01:25:44 PM.
The URL for this site is http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/
Questions concerning this web site may be directed by email to linc@education.tas.gov.au
The records and images on this web site have been provided by the Tasmanian local history organisations participating
in the eHeritage project. Records and images may not be reproduced without the prior consent of the individuals groups
who provided the record. For contact details for each of the groups click on their institution name in their full record.
You are directed to a disclaimer and copyright notice and a Personal Information Protection statement governing the information provided.
