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Cheynes III : steam whale-chaser : Albany, W.A., Easter Weekend, 9th-11th April, 1982
Record no:
61128
Call no:
623.8722 CHE
Author:
Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia
Publisher:
[Albany, W.A.]: Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia
Year:
[1982]
Description:
[11] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
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Cheynes III, built at Smith's Dock in Middlesbrough, England in 1947, was a sister ship to the Cheynes II. Its original name was the Thorgrim.

It was sold in 1962 to Whale Products Pty. Ltd. Tangalooma, Queensland where the vessel was renamed the Looma III.

The Cheynes Beach Whaling Company purchased the Looma III in 1963 and it was renamed the Cheynes III. It remained with the company up until its closure in 1978.

The Cheynes III was scuttled in King George Sound, Albany Western Australia on the 23rd June 1982. The engine of the Cheynes III is on display at Whale World in working order.
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Book
Abstract:
An account of a visit to the former whale-chaser, Cheynes III, by a group of Maritime Archaeological Association (WA) volunteers, led by Graeme Henderson of the WA Maritime Museum, to assess the feasibility of the dismantling and the removal of the vessel's
main and auxiliary engine units, for eventual restoration and preservation in the 'Whaleworld' Museum, Albany.
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