Global InformationCLS4 Carpentaria information
 Lightship CLS4 "Carpentaria" moored at Wharf 7, Darling Harbour.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Name | Carpentaria |
| Namesake | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| Owner | Australian National Maritime Museum |
| Builder | Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, Australia |
| Laid down | 1916 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1917[1] |
| Decommissioned | 1985 |
| Homeport | Sydney |
| Fate | Preserved |
| Status | Museum ship as of late 2016 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lightvessel |
| Displacement | 164 t (161.4 long tons; 180.8 short tons)[2] |
| Length | 21.94 m (72.0 ft) |
| Beam | 7.82 m (25.7 ft) |
| Draft | 2.74 m (9.0 ft)[4] |
| Propulsion | none |
| Complement | none |
| Notes | Career and characteristics data from “ANMM” website,[3] unless noted otherwise. |
Commonwealth Lightship 4 (CLS4) Carpentaria is a lightship that was in service from 1917 to 1985 with the Commonwealth Lighthouse Service,[note 1] built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard and commissioned in 1917. The vessel is named after the Gulf of Carpentaria, where it spent most of its service life together with its sister ship CLS2 (also named Carpentaria).[4][3][5]
- ^ Harbour lights and Markers - Lightship CLS-4 Carpentaria (accessed 2017-01-10)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
GOOGLE A&C – CLS4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Carpentaria An unmanned lightship". Australian National Maritime Museum – What’s on – Vessels. Sydney, Australia: Australian National Maritime Museum. 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Carpentaria Light Ship". Queensland Maritime Museum – Collections – Vessels. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Maritime Museum. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Malcolm Wells (30 December 2013). "Light Ship Carpentaria". ABC OPEN – Explore – Object Stories. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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