Dicky grounded near Caloundra Head in 1893.
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Name: | Dicky |
Builder: | Gebruder Howdalt, Kiel, Germany |
Launched: | 1883 |
Fate: | Wrecked 4 February 1893 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 226 gross |
Dicky was a 226-gross ton steamer, built by Gebruder Howdalt, Kiel in 1883.
On 4 February 1893, while steaming in bad weather off the coast of Queensland, Australia, Dicky was blown ashore at Caloundra, on a stretch of coast now known as Dicky Beach.
The Sunshine Coast Council began removing the visible parts of the wreck on 30 July 2015.