Platypus (submarine)

Middlemarch, New Zealand

Platypus was a 10-metre (33 ft) long iron-plate submarine. It was built in 1873 in Dunedin, and is thought to be the only submarine to have been built in New Zealand. It is one of the earliest surviving examples of a submarine in the world. The submarine was built to traverse rivers for the New Zeal

and Submarine Gold Mining Company Ltd, following the peak of the Otago gold rush. The remains are now on display in Middlemarch, and in 2019 the Strath Taieri Historical Society received funding to build a covered structure for the submarine and undertake basic conservation work, though the central section of the vessel has not yet been recovered.

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Nearby

Middlemarch Museum musei
Otago Central Rail Trail natura · 0.3 km away