Commiles (1953/05/15)
Rottnest Graveyard
Trawler, position of scuttling: 32° 03 – 115° 22
Ex Daily Herald
The Commiles arrived in Albany in 1949 with its sister ship Ben Dearg, both owned by the Anglo-Australian Fishing Company. The trawlers were employed in trawling the Great Australian Bight, but the venture was unsuccessful. In 1951 the Ben Dearg was scuttled off Swarbrick’s Beach east of Albany in an area today known as Ben Dearg Beach, while in 1953 the Commiles was sunk in the Rottnest Graveyard after being used for target practice by the RAAF.
Ship Built
Owner Anglo-Australian Trawlers P/L
Builder Hepple and Co.
Country Built UK
Port Built South Shields
Port Registered Fleetwood
When Built 1918
Ship Lost
Grouped Region Metro
When Lost 1953/05/15
Where Lost Rottnest Graveyard
Ship Details
Engine 61 nhp triple expansion
Length 38.30
Beam 7.20
TONA 264.00
TONB 105.00
Draft 3.80
Museum Reference
Official Number 143943
Unique Number 1212
Sunk Code Scuttled
File Number 445/71
Chart Number 1058, 112, 114, 334
Protected Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Confidential NO