Gillian Everett's photos with the keyword: SS Dicky

Low Tide on Dicky Beach, Caloundra, Queensland. THE `DICKY`, AN IRON SCREW STEAM VESSEL, WAS BUILT IN 1885 BY G. HOWALDT OF KIEL, AND HER PORT OF REGISTRATION WAS HAMBURG GERMANY. HER TONNAGE WAS 226 GROSS AND 144 NETT, LENGTH 96 1/2 FEET, BEAM 21 FEET DEPTH 14FT9. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER AS A BRITISH MERCHANT SHIP WAS 88841. SHE WAS REGISTERED IN BRISBANE AS A COASTING VESSEL BY HER OWNERS BRYDON JONES & CO. SHIPPING AGENTS AND SMALL STEAMER OWNERS. THE `DICKY` WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM ROCKHAMPTON TO BRISBANE WITH SAND AND WATER BALLAST, IN FEBRUARY 1893, WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED A VERY SEVERE GALE. THIS PREVENTED HER FROM ROUNDING POINT WICKHAM (CALOUNDRA HEAD). SHE WAS BEING DRIVEN TOWARDS THE REEF, AND HER MASTER, CAPTAIN JOHN SUMMERS BEATTIE, TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY, STEERED FOR THE SHORE AND STRANDED HER IN THE VICINITY OF JOHN WILSON`S HOUSE, ON 4TH FEBRUARY. NO LIVES WERE LOST. THE WIND AND WAVES BUILT UP A SANDBAR, AND ALL EFFORTS TO REFLOAT THE `DICKY` FAILED. THE PROPELLOR MOUNTED ABOVE WAS SALVAGED FROM THE WRECK. From the SS Dicky Monument. 18/31 March 12 Months/365 Days in Colour

Steamer SS Dicky was shipwrecked on a Caloundra beach which was named after her. The ship sailed from Rockhampton and as it arrived to clear Caloundra Head it met lashing rain and cyclonic winds that sent the ship on her beam ends. Captain James Beattie was forced to beach the ship to avoid hitting the rocks off Moffat Beach. On 4th February 1893 at 10.35 am the ship grounded stern first on the beach. The Marine Board of Queensland tribunal concluding the Captain showed lack of judgement in not successfully weathering Caloundra Head, for which his licence was suspended for three months. Dicky Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre. The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas in 1893. It was refloated, but again, heavy seas turned the ship about and back onto the sand where it remains to this day. Dicky Beach remains the only recreational beach in the world to be named after a shipwreck. Dicky Beach is a patrolled beach, and is home to the Dicky Beach Surf Life Saving Club. It has been awarded numerous awards, including the 'DHL Queensland Surf Life Saving Club of the Year' in 2009.