The 102-year-old SS Ayrfield is one of many decommissioned ships in the Homebush Bay of Sydney, Australia, but definitely the most bizarre one. The ship was abandoned in 1975 and nature just took over; the fully-grown mangrove trees in its rusted hull have turned the ship in a floating forest.
The beautiful foliage amidst the rotting vessel is a favorite attraction among urban explorer and among everyone which hearts beat faster when they see an elegant decay as this one. It’s deemed to be one of the most beautiful abandoned ships and because of its lush surroundings got its name” The Floating Forest”
SS Ayrfield was originally launched as The SS Corriman, a colossal 1; 140-tone steel monster built in the UK back in 1911, and later in 1912 was registered in Sydney as a steam collier. During the Second World War, SS Ayrfield was used to transport supplies to the U.S troops stationed in the Pacific. The ship went on to serve as a collier between Newcastle and Miller’s terminal in Blackwattle Bay.
In 1972, it was time for then 61-year-old SS Ayrfield to retire, so the ship was sent to Homebush Bay, the ship-breaking yard, where many like SS Ayrfield were left to decay. But unlike its ship mates, SS Ayrfield did not just abide corrosion and decomposing, but it got successfully enveloped by nature and now is a floating home of lush mangrove trees.
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