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Wreck of SS Dicky

Wreck of SS Dicky
Steamer SS Dicky was shipwrecked on a Caloundra beach which was named after her. The ship sailed from Rockhampton and as it arrived to clear Caloundra Head it met lashing rain and cyclonic winds that sent the ship on her beam ends. Captain James Beattie was forced to beach the ship to avoid hitting the rocks off Moffat Beach.
On 4th February 1893 at 10.35 am the ship grounded stern first on the beach. The Marine Board of Queensland tribunal concluding the Captain showed lack of judgement in not successfully weathering Caloundra Head, for which his licence was suspended for three months.
Dicky Beach is a suburb of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, located within the Caloundra urban centre.
The area was named after the iron steamboat, the SS Dicky, which ran aground during heavy seas in 1893. It was refloated, but again, heavy seas turned the ship about and back onto the sand where it remains to this day. Dicky Beach remains the only recreational beach in the world to be named after a shipwreck.
Dicky Beach is a patrolled beach, and is home to the Dicky Beach Surf Life Saving Club. It has been awarded numerous awards, including the 'DHL Queensland Surf Life Saving Club of the Year' in 2009.

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 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
wow! super scene!
9 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Interesting. I've seen the signs to it and thought it an odd name for a beach in that area.

There is a beach on the NSW Central Coast named Maitland Bay, after a ship wrecked there.
beachsafe.org.au/beach/nsw290
9 years ago.
Gillian Everett club has replied to GrahamH club
Thanks Graham. The wreck was removed 30th July 2015, as it was a hazard to surfers and swimmers. So little of it left :-)
9 years ago.

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