Homebush Bay, west of Sydney, Australia, is home to a few decommissioned ships as the area was once used as a ship-breaking yard. The most famous and unique among them though is SS Ayrfield.
Originally launched as SS Corrimal, it was built in the UK in 1911 and commissioned in Sydney in 1912. She was purchased by the Commonwealth Government and used to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the Pacific region during World War II. After the war, it was sold to Miller Steamship Company Ltd and renamed Ayrfield. For 20 years, SS Ayrfield operated as a collier between Newcastle and Miller’s terminal in Blackwattle Bay.
In 1972 SS Ayrfield was sent to Homebush Bay for breaking up, where its hall still remains floating, covered by lush vegetation.
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Homebush Bay is home of some decommissioned ships... but why every site which talks about Homebush Bay shows always only the SS Ayrfield?
ReplyDeleteMaybe because the Bay is not home of some decommissioned ships, but just home of one decommissioned ship?
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Mauro.
I'm sorry but I will trust a site (http://www.afloat.com.au/afloat-magazine/2008/may-2008/The_Wrecks_of_Homebush_Bay#.UoFoAPlSiSp) that has actually something to do with a. ships, b. Australia, more than someone who did a google search on Homebush Bay,
Deletecan confirm there are a few ships there all similair
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