Sydney Heritage Fleet
John Oxley was given to the Lady Hopetoun and Port Jackson Marine Steam Museum (now the Sydney Heritage Fleet) in 1970. She saw very little use until 1997, when restoration on another ship, the barque James Craig, was completed. Until then, John Oxley's hull had gradually deteriorated, so she was badly in need of repairs. Because another ship of the Heritage Fleet was currently under restoration, John Oxley was only drydocked for immediate and necessary repairs until 2004, when she was moved to Sydney and drydocked.
John Oxley is being restored in the drydock of the Sydney Heritage Fleet. The ship, during the eighty years on the water, had incurred substantial corrosion and rust. Many components, including a number of plates of the ship's riveted hull, have required complete replication from original plans.
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