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Raven
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1891/05/11 Protected Federal Y Y 1996/10 Dyers Island -32.021 115.5513333333 GPS N 343.00 UK Sunderland 1864 Port Adelaide 47684 36.90 8.40 5.20 Hit reef Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Bunbury Ballast Captain Swan W.R. Cave and Company of Adelaide 2009/0185/S ...
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Cambria
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1900/03/04 Protected Federal Y Y 400m from shore southwest end Garden Island -32.2476083333 115.683215 screw steamer, 25 HP compound engine by Ross & Duncan, Glasgow 59.00 86.00 TAS Emu Point 1885 Fremantle 79276 3 of 1896 26.10 5.50 2.20 8 Attempted ...
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Jessie Edwards
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1883/05/28 Protected Federal N N Jurien Bay N WA Fremantle 1883 Wrecked during storm Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Shark Bay Pearler Richard Gryffid Johns Charlie Edwards of Geraldton Fred Jones 118/80 A 753 Little is known of this vessel and it appears that ...
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Julia
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1892/11/23 Protected Federal N N Reef off Condon N 21.18 WA Fremantle 1876 Fremantle 75294 3/1877 13.50 4.40 2.00 Hit reef, grounded Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Cossack Wool, pearl shell A.W. Anderson 3/79, 116/80 1048 West Australian, 26 November 1892, p ...
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Lady Elizabeth
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1878/06/30 Protected Federal Y Y 2002/12 Rottnest Island, Bickley Bay -32.01754 115.54946 GPS N 658.00 UK Sunderland 1869 60966 48.70 9.30 5.50 Gale Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Shanghai Sandalwood Captain Thomas Scott Messrs Wilson and Oliver Robert Thomps ...
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Lady Stirling
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1840/08/07 Protected Federal N N Woodmans Point N 25.00 WA Swan River 1836 Fremantle Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Leschenault General Captain Coffin Captain Coffin W.H. Edwards 1058 W.A.H.S. 1965 Perth Gazette 8/8/1840 NO Metro 1322 lady-stirling ...
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Hugh Norman
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1910/10/28 Protected Federal N N Opposite Green Island about 17 miles from Namban right between two small islands and the shore about 80 yards from the beach N 10.42 12.42 WA Fremantle 1910 Fremantle 125030 22/1910 11.50 3.80 1.50 1 2 By drunkenness and n ...
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Lass of Geraldton
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1867/03/25 Protected Federal Y N Murray River 0–11 miles south of Robert Point -32.8415333333 115.5861 N 37.00 WA Champion Bay 1865 Fremantle 52231 18.40 4.80 2.10 5 6 Foundered Fremantle Bunbury 2 tons Flour, 14-15 tons sand Henry O'Grady George She ...
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Laughing Wave
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1903/08/29 Protected Federal N N Koombana Bay, alongside jetty N 161.60 WA Fremantle 1868 Fremantle 61085 5/1868 32.20 6.70 3.40 6 Gale Foundered Fremantle Bunbury John Bateman & Walter Bateman, Fremantle 405/71 Laughing Wave was built by William Jack ...
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Leander
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1853/11/13 Protected Federal N N White Point, Irwin N 173.00 UK New Brunswick 1849 London 182 22 Wrecked and sunk Fremantle England General Captain Johnston Smith and Co. 115/80 A 752 Leander was built at New Brunswick in 1849 of birch, pine and spruce, i ...
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