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English: The sign for the figurehead of Samuel Plimsoll (built 1873), hanging in a stairwell in the central gallery of the Shipwreck Galleries of the Fremantle Maritime Museum.
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FIGUREHEAD OF THE "SAMUEL PLIMSOLL"

Presented by McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd

The figurehead had to be substantially restored with fibreglass in the Museum's Conservation Laboratory.

THE SHIP
"Samual Plimsoll" was one of the first of the iron clippers. It was built for the Aberdeen and White Star Line and launched in 1873.
Reg. tonnage: 1524 tons
241'3" x 39' x 23'1"

She was used on the London-Australia run until 1904. On her first voyage (73 days to Sydney) she carried 188 immigrants. A fast ship, she is claimed to have had one run of 348 miles in 24 hours. In 1904 she was converted to a coal hulk in Sydney and later towed to Fremantle. She worked as a coal hulk until 1945 when sunk in a collision.

THE MAN

Samuel Plimsoll (1824-98), the "Sailor's Friend", a Bristol M.P. who forced through legislation in the British Parliament in 1876 which instituted a maximum load-line on all vessels. The Plimsoll Line is considered to be one of the most important advances in ensuring the safety of ships and seamen.
Source 2018-10-14_Samuel Plimsoll figurehead sign
Author Sam Wilson (taken with Nikon D3100)
Camera location32° 03′ 25.88″ S, 115° 44′ 33.32″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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14 October 2018

Samuel Plimsoll (ship, 1873)

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