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history of the ship nemesis
復仇女神號船的歷史
on friday the 8th of july 1904 the nemesis, under control of captain lusher, left newcastle for melbourne with her hold full of coal and coke. the vessel immediately ran into a southerly gale and was last sighted by the s.s. marloo off wollongong. at some point nemesis appeared to h**e turned or was driven back towards sydney, as a vessel in distress was sighted off port hacking that night (sydney morning herald, 13 july, 1904). rockets were also seen off port hacking and wreckage later observed washing ashore at cronulla beach. thirty-two hands were lost in the incident. part of the steering wheel was later recovered on cronulla beach and over days and weeks, a number of bodies washed ashore around cronulla beach. some could not be identified.
1904 年 7 月 8 日星期五，在盧舍爾船長的指揮下，復仇女神號滿載煤炭和焦炭離開紐卡斯爾前往墨爾本。 這艘船很快遇到了向南行駛的颶風，最後一次被臥龍崗附近的馬洛看到。 在某個地方，復仇女神號似乎已經轉身或被趕回雪梨，因為當晚在哈金港附近看到了一艘遇險的船（《雪梨先驅晨報》，1904 年 7 月 13 日）。 在哈金港附近也看到了火焰，後來觀察到該船的殘骸在克羅納拉海灘被衝上岸。 事故造成32人死亡。 後來，在克羅諾拉海灘發現了這艘船的部分方向舵，在幾周的時間裡，日復一日，許多屍體被衝上了克羅努拉海岸。 有些屍體無法辨認。
the 73.4-metre nemesis was built at whitby, united kingdom, in 1881. the 1393-ton single screw steamer with an iron hull was powered by a compound engine. the vessel could reach speeds of 12 knots. the nemesis was registered in melbourne under huddart parker ltd with the intention of concentrating on the coal trade from newcastle. huddart parker then rented wharf space in darling harbour and its vessels began carrying cargo from melbourne to sydney only. huddart parker fitted the collier with accommodation of an intermediate standard, not as expensive as first class, but better than steerage. from august 1890, the nemesis operated to western australia during the 1890s gold rushes. she remained as a passenger carrier till the last years of the century when she was relegated to collier status.
衣長 734公尺長的復仇女神於1881年在英國惠特比建造。 這艘 1,393 噸的單螺桿鐵殼輪船由複合材料發動機提供動力。 這艘船可以達到12節的速度。 Nemesis在墨爾本註冊，由Hardett Parker***擁有，旨在專注於紐卡斯爾的煤炭**。 哈德特公園***隨後在達令港租用了碼頭空間，其船隻開始只將貨物從墨爾本運送到雪梨。 哈德特·帕克***為礦山配備了中等標準的住宿，沒有頭等艙那麼貴，但比駕駛艙要好。 從 1890 年 8 月開始，復仇女神在 19 世紀 90 年代的淘金熱期間前往西澳大利亞。 她最初是一艘客船，直到 19 世紀的最後幾年，它被降級為煤炭運輸船。
the wreck known internally at heritage nsw initially as the unidentified wreck off wollongong 165m deep was discovered and subsequently reported by ed korber (subsea professional marine services) in may 2022. rov footage collected by subsea in 2021 provided initial details of features around the midships and bow sections.
在新南威爾斯州遺產局內，這艘沉船最初被稱為 165 公尺深的臥龍崗不明沉船，於 2022 年 5 月由 Ed Kolber & Co.（海底專家海洋服務）發現並報告。 Subsea 在 2021 年收集的水下遙控影象提供了船中部和船首部分周圍特徵的初步細節。
early attempts to undertake fieldwork inspections of the site were organised by heritage nsw in conjunction with subsea professional marine services, which included establishing the exact location, height/depth orientation and extent of the sites debris field in july and august 2023.
2023 年 7 月和 8 月，新南威爾斯州遺產委員會與海底專家海事服務局合作，組織了一次早期嘗試，對該遺址進行實地考察，包括確定該遺址碎片場的確切位置、高度、深度定位和範圍。
drop camera footage was collected by the csiro research vessel (rv) investigator in september 2023 during voyage in2023_e03 at the request of heritage nsw. this activity was conducted as a piggyback project on the voyage and supported by an allocation of sea time on rv investigator from the csiro marine national facility. this footage was supplemented by earlier rov footage taken of the site by subsea in 2021.
應新南威爾斯州遺產局的要求，澳大利亞聯邦科學與工業研究組織的研究船調查人員在 2023 年 9 月的 IN2023 E03 航行期間收集了水下攝像機的鏡頭。 這項活動是作為航行的乙個附帶專案進行的，並得到了共和联邦科學和工業研究組織（CSIRO）海洋國家設施司的支援，為調查人員分配海上時間。 這段視訊得到了 Subsea 在 2021 年拍攝的早期水下遙控器的現場鏡頭的補充。
an interim report was undertaken by heritage nsw senior maritime archaeologist (dr brad duncan) in october 2023 and was designed to provide preliminary indications as to whether the wreck was/ wasn’t the wreck of the ss nemesis. the report consists of predominantly visual identification of distinct site features of the unidentified wreck off wollongong. after careful consideration and comparison of the archaeological evidence with historical documentations, it appears highly likely that the wreck may be that of the ss nemesis which sank somewhere off wollongong in 1904. although it is highly probable that the wreck discovered is this vessel, definitive proof of its identity was not **ailable, especially as the design of many ships of the huddart parker line were nearly identical. however, the main sheer strake appears to be either a repair or reinforcement plate (possibly used as a rubbing strake). this is highly distinctive and unusual, and it may be this band that positively identifies the vessel as the nemesis with a high degree of certainty. the report compared features in both video surveys of the site and it concluded that the wreck is highly likely to be the ss nemesis.
新南威爾斯州遺產局高階海洋考古學家布拉德·鄧肯博士於 2023 年 10 月發布了乙份中期報告，初步表明該沉船是否是復仇女神沉船。 該報告主要包括對臥龍崗附近一艘身份不明的沉船的不同地點特徵的視覺識別。 經過仔細考慮並將考古證據與歷史文獻進行比較，這艘沉船很可能是 1904 年在臥龍崗附近沉沒的復仇女神號沉船殘骸。 儘管發現的殘骸極有可能是同一艘船，但無法獲得其身份的明確證據，特別是因為Hardet Parker系列的許多船隻在設計上幾乎相同。 然而，主寬邊板似乎是修復板或加固板（可能用作防擦板）。 這是非常獨特和不尋常的，可能正是這個板高將這艘船識別為復仇女神。 該報告比較了兩次現場**調查的特徵，並得出結論，殘骸很可能是SS復仇女神。
further opportunistic inspection of the site is required to further conclusively identify the vessel, using more specific relics which were not identified in the drop camera footage (e.g. ships plates or other relics with the ship or company logo, or even the ships bell).
需要對現場進行進一步的隨機檢查，以進一步確定船隻的身份，使用水下攝像機鏡頭中未識別的更具體的遺骸（例如，帶有船舶或公司標誌的船牌或其他遺物，甚至是船鐘）。
source】www.environment.nsw.gov.au
譯者]廖懷寶 （Spark Liao）
illustration】from bing