Week 5 - 25/03/2024
- I finally revisited the site after a week-long hiatus, and a lot has happened. For one thing, the Canning Graving Dock that she called her home for 37 years is now entirely empty [Photo 1] after the final piece of the ship was removed on March 22nd, 2024, the only thing left is the keel blocks which the ship sat on for that same amount of time [Photo 2]. While there are many parts of the ship still left on the quayside, including the lower bow [Photo 3], large chunks of the keel [Photo 4 and 5], pieces of the hull, the fantail [Photo 6], bulwarks, the sternpost and rudder [Photo 7], and her central propeller and the area of the hull that surrounded it [Photo 8], it is safe to say that the ship's life has come to an end. Much will be kept, as previously established in other parts of the site, including the bow and all of the fixtures, fittings, masts, deckhouses, anchors, and much more that have been removed from the ship throughout the years. The ship itself may no longer exist, but that does not mean she and her history are lost. That's the purpose of this website, after all. It is remarkable that after so many delays, it took the team less than a month to take the entire ship apart.
Notable events on this day were the transport of a piece of the hull and two bulwark sections offsite, carried by an MNJ Plant truck [Photo 9 and Video 1]. The central propeller was also cut from its shaft and placed on the ground [Video 2]. Some of the fence coverings have also been taken down, particularly on the left side of the fences [Photo 10].