Sygna

The huge Norway Bulk Carrier was named the

Sygna.

Location

The Sygna is located on Stockton beach New South Wales. The Sygna is located not far from Nobby's Beach.

SizeThe Sygna weighed 53,000 tonnes and the depth of the ship was approximately 13.31m. The width is exactly 32.16m and the length is precisely 217.3m. The reason the Sygna was so heavy was so that it could hold heavy weights.

Appearance

The boat is so old and looks so rusty because it's been there for more than 35 years.It sunk on the 26th May 1974 so it makes it 39 years old. On this day the Stern lies on Stockton beach rusting away.

HistoryThe Sygna was launched in 1967 and was out of Service on May 26th 1974. The boat was launched to carry heavy objects like coal to places. The Sygna sank on May 26th 1974 on Stockton or Birubi Beach near Newcastle during a storm. The ship was battling 185km winds the night of the storm.

History

The Sygna was waiting outside the Newcastle port to load 50,000 tonnes of coal . The sea swells got up to 17 metres and the ships driver stayed near shore incase of escape.

Marine animalsThere aren't many animals near the Sygna but there are plenty of tiny fish with the smallest size of 7.9mm named Paedocypris.

There are 3 other fish with sizes of 9mm, 8.4mm and 10mm.

The dwarf Pygmy Goby is 9mm

The stout instant fish Is 8.4mm

The Dwarf Goby is 10mm and all these fish swim around the wreck.

Impact on the animals

There was a Big oil spill that impacted the animals lives. The oil has gotten into the fishes body,that is how it has impacted their lives.

Introduced species to the area

More and more fish come into the ocean everyday. The fish either get washed closer to the Sygna by the waves pushing them, (especially the tiny fish) or they make their way there.

Interesting facts

There was an oil spill on Stockton beach that spread for exactly 16km because of the wreck.

Many shipping experts believe that the Sygna could rust to the shore within ten years.

Interesting factsAfter the bow go cut off the boat it lay in Salamander Bay for two years before being broken up and being towed to Taiwan.

The Stern is still on Stockton beach and it has slowly been collapsing because of the rust falling off.

Interesting factsThe Sygna is 7.7km from the southern end of Stockton Beach and you can see the top of the boat from the Southern end.

There are two types of oil on the ship,bunker oil and diesel oil. There was 2136 tonnes of bunker oil and 163 tonnes of diesel oil so together it would make 2299 tonnes of oil so there is 1599 tonnes of oil left if no more oil has leaked out since the last leakage.

Interesting factsThere was an oil spill on Stockton Beach that spread for exactly 16km because of the wreck.

After the bow was cut off the boat it lay in Salamander Bay for two years before being broken up and towed to Taiwan.

Impact on the environment

The night of the storm oil leaked out of the boat into the ocean and caused some of the water to rust. 700 tonnes of bunker oil leaked into the ocean and no cleanup or recovery was taken.

Protecting the environment

I suggest that the council could put tiny nets around the ship so that the marine animals don't eat away the rust because the rust goes all through the ocean.

The port Stephens council could dive down to the Sygna with tanks and put the oil in the tanks so that there are no more leakages that impact the animals lives.

Thank you

By: Lily Boras-Paiva�����