Fram (1921)

E of Waterbay point, King George Sound PA 35°05.5 117°57.2

Fram was used by the Norwegian Spermacet Whaling Company at Frenchman Bay to tow both whales and the lighter Elvie (see entry). It had been built in Norway and brought out to Western Australia when the station was started in 1911. It was fitted with a single cylinder engine driving a large propeller at slow revolutions. The engine was covered, but the boat itself was open.

THE LOSS
According to Les Douglas of Albany, the Fram was abandoned by the Norwegians when the whaling station closed. It and the Elvie were subsequently washed ashore in the same storm, and probably came to rest in roughly the same area.

INITIAL SALVAGE
The engine and propeller were, in all probability, salvaged as the Fram lay on the shore. The wreck is believed to have fairly quickly broken up.