The “Unidentified iron dredge” is item 22 in the “Garden Island Ships’ Graveyard Maritime Heritage Trail” booklet published by the Department for Environment and Heritage. It is shown (as item number 22) on page 7.
It is the most easterly wreck in the large group of wrecks in
the North Arm of the Port River in the Garden Island Ships’ Graveyard. It sits adjacent
to the Glaucus. (There now appears to be some further wreckage a little
further east of the unidentified iron dredge though.)
Details about “Unidentified Support Vessels” on pages 44
& 45 says that those support vessels “maintained shipping operations within
ports around the State, carrying out or assisting with the general tasks of
lightering, towing, maintenance and salvage as well as the essential role of
widening and deepening shipping channels around the State.”
The late Terry Arnott took a photo of the dredge in April
2000. It features on page 44 of the booklet. The caption for the photo says, “Only
the stern section of the iron dredge remains with the sternpost and rudder
removed.”
Nathan Richards took these two photos of the dredge (dredger)
for his thesis in 1997: -
I took these two photos of the dredge in late 2025: -
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