Eliza Ramsden, wreck

Constructed in Glasgow Scotland in 1874 for Samuel Ramsden of Melbourne and named after his wife, this ship cost 10,000 pounds. She was a three-masted iron barque 151 ft long and 27 ft wide with a gross tonnage of 415 tons. The vessel sunk in 1875 on her first voyage out of Melbourne when she struck Corsair rock.

Critters at this site

The Eliza was abandoned without loss of life, but floated free overnight and slowly drifted back into the bay and sank where she now lies.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Warty Ear Shell

Haliotis rubra5 obs.

Biscuit Star

Tosia australis4 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita2 obs.

Variegated limpet

Cellana tramoserica2 obs.

Svamp

Demospongiae1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonariidae1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Zafra1 obs.

Børsteorm

Marphysa1 obs.

Cleft-fronted Shore Crab

Guinusia chabrus1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Ovalipes australiensis1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cominella lineolata1 obs.

Western Pacific purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Turbonilla1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Australaria australasia1 obs.

Brown Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus1 obs.

Australian Pheasant Or Painted Lady

Phasianella australis1 obs.

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Green-lip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata3 obs.

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Feather Star

Cenolia trichoptera2 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Gabrielona nepeanensis1 obs.

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Musling

Neolepton1 obs.

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Hydroide

Gymnangium ascidioides1 obs.

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granular seastar

Uniophora granifera1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tasmeuthria clarkei1 obs.

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blacklip abalone

Haliotis rubra rubra1 obs.