''Wyuna'' is a former

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tender and

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training vessel.

History

The ship was built in 1953 by Ferguson Shipbuilders of

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for the Port Phillip Sea Pilots organisation as a pilot cutter. She is propelled by a diesel-electric power plant consisting of

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generators powering

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s coupled to the

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shafts. Consequently, she may use the

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"de" and be referred to as de ''Wyuna''. Her role as a pilot cutter was to sail with pilots on board to meet ships entering

Bay. Pilots would be transferred by the ''Wyunas workboat to the vessel requiring pilotage while it was stopped dead in the water, with shelter provided by the vessel itself. In the early 1970s the pilot service started using fast launches to allow pilots to board while ships were still underway, and in 1979 the ''Wyuna'' was sold to the

in Launceston,

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as a training vessel. She continued in that role until 2004 when sold to Mineralogy Pty Ltd as an accommodation vessel. In September 2013 she was donated to the Western Port Oberon Association for the

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currently at

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. For a time she was docked at

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, and after being refurbished for 18 months she was to be moved to Docklands in

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, Victoria. After this berth became unavailable the vessel was docked at Inspection Head Wharf in Beauty Point. After a period there it was towed into Bell Bay where she lays at anchor as of January 2016. When funding becomes available the Western Port Oberon Association has plans to display the vessel in a wet berth alongside the former

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Oberon-class submarine

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.Platt, Keit
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References

{{Reflist Ships built on the River Clyde Museum ships in Australia Port Phillip 1953 ships