1947/48 V2 details
General information
- Season
- 1947/48
- Voyage
- V2
Ship
©Jonothan Davis Coll. 1947
- Catalogue id
- 10141A1
- Caption
- Wyatt Earp at Elizabeth St Pier, north side near where T42 Bar is today. Note Kingfisher aircraft onboard. Photographer was Mr Ford, an amateur ship photographer from New Town.
- Photographer
- Ford, Mr
Leader
Voyage Leader
Commander Karl E Oom RAN
Voyage Objectives
Attempt coastal survey KG V Land
Comments
The aim of this expedition was to attempt a survey of the coast of Antarctica in George V Land to locate a site for a permanent station. Wyatt Earp was commissioned on 17 Nov 1947 whilst still on the slip in Port Adelaide undergoing an extensive refit to make it suitable for Antarctic service. It left Port Adelaide for Melbourne on 13 Dec 1947. In an endeavour to keep as far as possible to the schedule planned, open sea trials were reduced to a minimum and the vessel left for the Antarctic from Hobart on 26 Dec 1947. At position 51 54'S, 140 31'E mecahnical problems forced the ship to return to Australia for repairs. The ship was dry docked at Williamstown dockyard for 20 days and eventually left Melbourne for Commonwealth Bay on 8 Feb 1948. Ice conditions prevented the Antarctic coast being reached.
Voyage Reports
No reports known - if you know of any, please contact the Data Centre and we can add them.
Schedule
| From | Depart | To | Arrive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide, South Australia | 13-Dec-1947 | Melbourne | 17-Dec-1947 |
| Melbourne | 19-Dec-1947 | Hobart | 22-Dec-1947 |
| Hobart | 25-Dec-1947 | Hobart | 25-Dec-1947 |
| Hobart | 26-Dec-1947 | Melbourne | 7-Jan-1948 |
| Melbourne | 8-Feb-1948 | Macquarie Island | 20-Mar-1948 |
| Macquarie Island | 24-Mar-1948 | Melbourne | 1-Apr-1948 |
See also List of sitreps - not guaranteed to work as voyage naming conventions are not consistent.
See the 1947/48 Voyage Schedule for other voyages for this season.
Voyage track
Spatial bounds of voyage
No track has been constructed.
Voyage Data and Activities
Voyage activities
There are no data related activities recorded for this voyage.Weather
There is no weather data for this voyage.
Science Projects
Note - this page lists projects where there has been some requirements logged. This may include requests that are not directly associated with any science performed on the ship.
No Australian Antarctic Science Projects for voyage. See Current and Previous Projects for details on other projects.