Tasmania Photography

At 10.40pm on Friday, October 7 1910, the river steamer Nubeena ran ashore on Cremorne Beach in a strong westerly wind. The vessel had left Koonya on the Tasman Peninsular earlier in the day with 18 passengers, assorted cargo and about 40 cattle. Although the Nubeena was badly damaged, no human lives were lost but the fate of the cattle is unknown. The night was cold and the passengers lit fires to keep warm and the ships blankets.

The next day, most of the passengers either walked for about two hours or were transported by horse-drawn vehicles to catch the early morning steamer from Bellerive to Hobart.

An enquiry was held by the Marine Board on 24 October 1910 found that the captain john Franklin left the bridge without giving clear instructions on the course to be steered and that the mate, Gordon Vickary, had mistaken Deslac’s Point for Slopen Island Point.

It is rumoured that many items from the wreck were “souvenired “ by locals and that some sections of the Nubeena were “recycled” in various buildings around the district.

All that now marks the spot of the Nubeena’s fate is the rusty old boiler in the sand.

I picked this photo because as well as this photo, I am also featuring a photo of a wreck on my other daily blog Bicheno Daily