Chofuku Maru wreck

Ex Pendragon Castle, ex Inverkip

Length 117.40
Beam 14.90
Draft 5.50
Engine Triple Expansion 410NHP, 3 cylinders 26”-42”-70” x 48” built Ramkin and Blackmore, Greenock
TONA 4498.00
TONB 3287.00

When Lost 1931/02/18
Where Lost Point Cloates
Sinking Anchor chains broke and forced onto reef in heavy swell while attempting to assist stranded Japanese vessel SS Shunsei Maru, cargo caught fire and damaged superstructure, vessel abandoned and sunk
Sunk Code Burnt
Port To Kobe, Japan

Museum Reference

Full information about the Chofuku Maru
wreck	Chofuku Maru
When Lost	1931/02/18
Protected	Federal
Found	Y
Inspected	Y
Date Inspected	2009/05/11
Where Lost	Point Cloates
Latitude Max	-22.52
Longitude Max	113.66
Position Information	GPS 2004
Engine	Triple Expansion 410NHP, 3 cylinders 26”-42”-70” x 48” built Ramkin and Blackmore, Greenock
TONA	4498.00
TONB	3287.00
Country Built	Scotland
Port Built	Glasgow
When Built	1908
Port Registered	Kobe
Official Number	28936
Length	117.40
Beam	14.90
Draft	5.50
Sinking	Anchor chains broke and forced onto reef in heavy swell while attempting to assist stranded Japanese vessel SS Shunsei Maru, cargo caught fire and damaged superstructure, vessel abandoned and sunk
Sunk Code	Burnt
Port To	Kobe, Japan
Cargo	6123 tons bagged wheat
Master	Capt Murrai
Owner	Kowashi Kisen, Kobe (Kawasaki Kisen)
Builder	Russell & Co.
File Number	209/80, 440/71
Chart Number	1055, 330
Comments	Ex Pendragon Castle, ex Inverkip
Sources	West Australian 1931
Length of site	115.00
Bearing to Bow	45.00
Minimum Depth of site	710.00
Confidential	NO
URL	http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/chofuku-maru