January 2023 marked the 90th anniversary of the scuttling of the steel barque Hougomont at Stenhouse Bay, South Australia.
(From the pamphlet "the wreck of the HOUGOMONT"
by the Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre)
According to this signage on display at the Port Adelaide Historical Society's Austbuilt Museum at Peterhead, South Australia, the Hougomont was a 4-masted steel barque of 2378 tonnage (2378 gross tons, also said to be 2428 tons): -
Further, the 89m-long vessel (89.08 X 13.21 X 7.29) was built by Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. in Greenock, Scotland in 1897.
(From the pamphlet "the wreck of the HOUGOMONT"
by the Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre)
And, "The vessel was scuttled at Stenhouse Bay on 8th January 1933 to become a breakwater by the Waratah Gypsum Company after being dismasted in a storm whilst 950km (853km?) south of Cape Borda on 21st April 1932.
(From the pamphlet "the wreck of the HOUGOMONT"
by the Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre)
According to the pamphlet "the wreck of the HOUGOMONT" by the Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre, "the Hougomont rests in nine metres of water near the Stenhouse Bay jetty"
Stenhouse Bay jetty
(From the pamphlet "the wreck of the HOUGOMONT"
by the Yorke Peninsula Visitor Information Centre)
This is the deck winch from the Hougomont on display at the Austbuilt Museum: -
We have an extensive file on the Hougomont for referencing.
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