Hawk wreck

Refloated 1896/01/17 at Cossack. Out of 17 luggers of the Onslow pearling fleet only five escaped with minor damages.

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1893

  • Length 11.50

  • Beam 3.60

  • Draft 1.60

  • Engine N

  • TONA 12.25

  • When Lost 1907/03/14

  • Where Lost In Bay of Rest, Exmouth

  • Sinking Capsized

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

Museum Reference

  • wreck Hawk

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 101615

  • Registration Number 2 of 1893

  • File Number 116/80

  • Chart Number A 745

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Hawk
wreck Hawk
When Lost 1907/03/14
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost In Bay of Rest, Exmouth
Engine N
TONA 12.25
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1893
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 101615
Registration Number 2 of 1893
Length 11.50
Beam 3.60
Draft 1.60
Deaths 2
Sinking Capsized
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Cargo Pearl/Shell
Owner F.L. Parkes & H.M. Parkes, Perth
File Number 116/80
Chart Number A 745
Comments Refloated 1896/01/17 at Cossack. Out of 17 luggers of the Onslow pearling fleet only five escaped with minor damages.
Sources HMC 88/2 McKenna Collection 680, WA Maritime Museum West Australian 1907/03/20, p. 7e West Australian 1907/03/21, p.5f–g Medical D… File 356/1906
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/hawk-1