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  • Henry

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1841/04/ Protected Federal N N Success Bank N 252.00 UK Bucklers Hart 1826 London 29.30 7.30 1.80 Wrecked and sunk Fremantle London General http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/id-1459 NO Metro 1248 henry ...

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  • Success (relics)

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1843/04/11 Protected Federal N N Success Bank N 621.00 Burma Moulmein 1840 London 35.70 7.90 6.70 37 Drifted into the Fish Bank April 11 Refloated Fremantle 407/71 Was later exhibited in USA as convict ship NO Metro 536 success-relics ...

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  • Diver

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1890/03/13 Protected Federal N N Wedge Island N 25.00 1 2 Driven ashore Refloated Fremantle Shark Bay William Ashworth J. and W. Bateman 118/80 A753 Co-ordinates 1' off West Australian, 20 March 1890, p. 3b Inquirer, 2 April 1890, p. 9a West Australian, 20 March 1890, p. 3b and 12 May 1890, p.3d NO ...

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  • Hampton

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1877/05/12 Protected Federal N N Port Grey N 19.00 Unknown 4 Gale Refloated Fremantle Shark Bay Captain Outred 115/80 1056 Captain and crew left ship, because of damage to rudder. Vessel stranded undamaged SRO 36 ITEM 904/71-76 Inquiry into loss Geraldton 22/05/1877 Inquirer, 13 June and 23 May 1877 NO ...

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  • Julia

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1892/11/23 Protected Federal N N Reef off Condon N 21.18 WA Fremantle 1876 Fremantle 75294 3/1877 13.50 4.40 2.00 Hit reef, grounded Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Cossack Wool, pearl shell A.W. Anderson 3/79, 116/80 1048 West Australian, 26 November 1892, p 3e Register of British Ships, Fremantle NO ...

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  • Windsor

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    by tying fishing lines to distress rockets in an attempt to get a line aboard the Windsor, and on a couple of occasions the survivors on the wreck had caught the lines but the fishing line had not been ...

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  • Swan

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1869/10/30 Protected Federal N N Irwin River N 24.00 WA Fremantle 1865 Fremantle 36554 17.00 4.30 1.70 Struck reef, later completely broken up Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Irwin River General C. petersson William Dalgety Moore 115/80 A 752 Albany Shipping List, 3 December 1867, C.S.R. 606, fol. 92 ...

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  • Doreen

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1931/06/06 Protected Federal PA N False Entrance, Shark's Bay N 6.70 2.60 Lost Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Carnarvon John Fisher M. Margetic ? 1056 There was confusion because Margetic’s Doreen was not same size as one wrecked at False Entrance which ...

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  • Nor VI, Nor 6

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    26/04/1963 Protected Federal N N False Passage, Steep Point N 27.40 Australia 16.20 4.30 2.00 3 4 Ran into cliffs Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Shark Bay J. Drynan 1963 April 26: Steel prawn trawler ran onto Zuytdorp Cliffs just this side of False Passage ju ...

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  • Perth

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1887/09/17 Protected Federal Y Y 2004/05 Point Cloates -22.6924666667 113.6422666667 GPS 2004 2 compound vented engines 499.00 298.50 Scotland Glasgow 1863 Adelaide 48408 5/1885 58.50 6.80 3.80 Hit Ningaloo Reef Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Wyndham Passengers, cargo Fred Parkes Adelaide Steamship Company ...

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