Category:Rockeater (ship, 1945)
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- Built in New Orleans in 1945 as a coastal freighter for the United States navy.
- 1964 Bought by Ocean Science and Engineering (South Africa) to be used for marine prospecting.
- Donated to the False Bay Conservation Society. The Rockeater was towed to Smitswinkel Bay on 15th December 1972 and scuttled.
- Displacement: 800 tonnes
- Length over all: 65 m
- Beam: 12 m
- Draft: 5.5 m
- Top speed: 12 knots
- Crew: 40
Media in category "Rockeater (ship, 1945)"
The following 20 files are in this category, out of 20 total.
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A variety of invertebrates has colonised the Rockeater P5025890.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.14 MB
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Angular sea squirt at the Rockeater P5197804.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.15 MB
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Angular sea squirt on the Rockeater P5197800.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.46 MB
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Colonial ascidian on the Rockeater P5197792.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.01 MB
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Diver over the Rockeater P5025891.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.05 MB
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Diver over the Rockeater P5197833.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.17 MB
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Horsefish on the Rockeater P5197823.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.35 MB
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Mauve sea cucumbers at the Rockeater P5197798.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.01 MB
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Multicolour sea fans at the Rockeater P5197831.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.11 MB
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Multicolour sea fans on MV Rockeater DSC09807.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 1.42 MB
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Mussels and Strawberry anemones on the Rockeater P5025896.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.11 MB
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Preactis millardae juvenile.jpg 1,299 × 888; 140 KB
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Rockeater (2).jpg 299 × 450; 29 KB
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Rockeater (3).jpg 299 × 450; 33 KB
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Rockeater banner 1.JPG 2,100 × 300; 476 KB
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Rockeater banner 2.JPG 2,100 × 300; 460 KB
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Rockeater General Arrangement.png 2,500 × 1,081; 205 KB
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Sponge at the Rockeater P5197795.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.15 MB
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Walking anemone at the Rockeater P5197827.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.15 MB
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Walking anemone at the Rockeater P5197829.JPG 3,648 × 2,736; 2.06 MB
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