Unidentified lugger (1889/07/12)
Bezout Island off Cossack
Robert McKenzie and Henry Werbyn left Cossack on a fishing trip in a lugger. They did not return when expected and were feared lost. On 27 July the men appeared at Roebourne and advised they had anchored at Bezout Island and gone ashore in the dinghy. While they were ashore the tide went out causing the lugger to bump heavily and it became a wreck. They were blown down the coast in the ship’s boat and came ashore in the vicinity of Flying Foam Passage, and survived by foraging for dead birds and eggs.
Ship Built
Owner Frank Bell
Ship Lost
Grouped Region North-West
Sinking Vessel struck reef when tide went out and sank
Crew 2
When Lost 1889/07/12
Where Lost Bezout Island off Cossack
Port From Cossack
Port To Bezout Island
Ship Details
Museum Reference
Unique Number 1672
Sunk Code Holed and sunk
Protected Unknown
Found N
Inspected N