SS Dicky
{{Short description|1883 German steamship}}
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Dicky was a 226-gross ton steamer,{{cite web|title=SS Dicky|work=Australian National Shipwreck Database|publisher=Australian Government – Department of Environment|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=7973|access-date=31 July 2015}} built by Gebruder Howdalt, Kiel in 1883.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
Fate
On 4 February 1893, while steaming in bad weather off the coast of Queensland, Australia, Dicky was blown ashore at Caloundra, on a stretch of coast now known as Dicky Beach.
Partial wreck removal
The Sunshine Coast Council began removing the visible parts of the wreck on 30 July 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-30/ss-dicky-visible-122-year-old-shipwreck-removed-sunshine-coast/6658664|title=SS Dicky removal: Sunshine Coast locals say goodbye to visible remains of 122-year-old shipwreck|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=30 July 2015|access-date=31 July 2015}}
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