Comet wreck
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Country Built WA
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Port Built Fremantle
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When Built 1884
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Length 19.40
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Beam 4.10
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Draft 1.40
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Engine N
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TONA 28.17
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When Lost 1893/09/13
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Where Lost Between Bunbury and Fremantle/Lake Clifton
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Sinking Leak, wheat swelled
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Sunk Code Unknown
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Port From Bunbury
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Port To Fremantle
Museum Reference
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wreck Comet
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 75318
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Registration Number 2 of 1884
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File Number 405/71
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Comet |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1893/09/13 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Between Bunbury and Fremantle/Lake Clifton |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 28.17 |
| Country Built | WA |
| Port Built | Fremantle |
| When Built | 1884 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 75318 |
| Registration Number | 2 of 1884 |
| Length | 19.40 |
| Beam | 4.10 |
| Draft | 1.40 |
| Deaths | All (5) |
| Crew | 5 |
| Sinking | Leak, wheat swelled |
| Sunk Code | Unknown |
| Port From | Bunbury |
| Port To | Fremantle |
| Cargo | Wheat |
| Master | Captain W.R. Hocking |
| Owner | Charles & John Tuckey, Fremantle & Mandurah |
| Builder | T.W. Mews |
| File Number | 405/71 |
| Sources | West Australian, 30 September 1893, p. 4a West Australian, 27 September 1893, p. 3b Inquirer, 23 June 1893, p. 24b Inquirer, 6 October 1893, p. 7a West Australian, 27 September 1893, p. 3b West Australian, 30 September 1893, p. 4a McKenna Collection 680, WA Maritime Museum |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/comet |