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SS Tyalgum 1939

Wreck of SS Tyalgum at Duranbah Beach, Tweed Heads, 1939.

The 544-ton steel steamer Tyalgum was on a voyage from Sydney to Tweed Heads when it ran ashore on Duranbah Beach under tow on 25 August 1939. With over 2 metres of water rising in the hold, the seventeen crew were taken off with the aid of lines. Several salvage attempts failed, the wreck later being sold at auction and the machinery and boiler recovered.

The 48.76 mere steel twin screw steamer was built at Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1925 and owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company Ltd. Registered at Sydney as 22 of 1925 with Official Number 152016.

The wreck is occasionally exposed when beach sands are eroded.

Source: SHIPAHOLICSOZ

 

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