Williamstown, Victoria, August 1972

Melbourne and Nieuw Holland Ship Collission

Name: Maritime/Coastal - Melbourne and Nieuw Holland Ship Collision, Victoria 1972
Start: 1973-08-02
End: 0001-01-01
Location: VIC

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5 Fatalities

On 9 August 1972 the Nieuw Holland, a steamship, collided with the tug boat Melbourne. The tug boat sank half a mile from Gellibrand Pier Williamstown, Port Phillip. Five men on the tug drowned.

Sources

Stone P, Encyclopedia of Australian shipwrecks and other maritime incidents. Yarram, Victoria: Oceans Enterprises, 2006, pp 663