Month: January 2017

A Few facts about the Floria

Principal Particulars
REGISTERED A 48
O.N. 136381
Year Built 1914
Propulsion Sail ( fitted with auxilliary motor after 1943)
Materials
Hull, Timber Carvel plank Oregon
Ribs, Tea-tree
Stringers, Spotted gum
Keel and Deadwood , Spotted gum
Original deck, Oregon
Masts & spars , Oregon
Builder, Furuta Tsugitaro on Thursday Island
Net Tonnage , 16 tons
Registered Length , 46′ ( 14.02 m)
Registered Breadth , 13’01″( 3.90m)
Registered Draft , 5’6″ (1.71m)
Port of registry: Sydney 1914 -1943
Owners 1920 -1943 Wyben pearling Co.
Post war – Commonwealth diving experiments into hookah versus helmet diving Techniques operators Rebuilt 1956 Shotaro Tachibana Registered Pearls Pty Ltd Thursday Is.
Sold to DAIA Islander Industry Board
2002 recovered by divers of Maritime Archaeological Soc of Far North Qld.
Raised from 18 metres of water in Cairns Harbour the vessel was donated to the Cairns Maritime Museum for display and conservation .