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  • Karrakatta

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1901/03/26 Protected Federal Y Y 1978/08 Swan Point, Broome side Swan Is 3/4 mile off shore -16.3566666667 123.035 Tr. Exp 300 HP 1271.47 2091.34 Scotland Kinghorn 1897 Fremantle 102212 91.50 12.80 5.40 None 80 Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Singapore Assorted and mails Harry Talboys West Australian Steam ...

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  • Pelsart (Pelsaert)

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Lawrence 116/80 1048, No blame can be attached to master or crew. left Fremantle 11/09/1908 bound Cossack. ...

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  • Raven

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1891/05/11 Protected Federal Y Y 1996/10 Dyers Island -32.021 115.5513333333 GPS N 343.00 UK Sunderland 1864 Port Adelaide 47684 36.90 8.40 5.20 Hit reef Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Bunbury Ballast Captain Swan W.R. Cave and Company of Adelaide 2009/0185/SG _MA-18/80 PWD 54153 Captain drunk left ...

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  • Irene

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    fishing boat. When Mackey was safely ashore the crewman pulled the dinghy back, and he himself then made ...

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  • Sara

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1856/07/17 Protected Federal N N Half-way between the Gold Digger Passage and the Hero Passage N 54.00 WA Preston Point, swan River 1855 Fremantle 31549 16.90 5.60 2.70 Foundered Fremantle Port Gregory Oil and copper ore Henry Christians William Owston 117/80 William Owston built the Sara at Point ...

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  • Preston

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    206/80) states that an anchor 5–5½ ft (1.5–1.7 m) long, half upright and firmly concreted to the sea bed, ...

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  • Hugh Norman

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    MA-118/80 shows that it was wrecked in the vicinity of Cervantes Island, owing to the skipper being drunk. ...

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  • Lass of Geraldton

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    covers a fairly large area of approximately 200 m by 80 m in about 10 m of water. There are three small ...

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  • Jessie Edwards

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1883/05/28 Protected Federal N N Jurien Bay N WA Fremantle 1883 Wrecked during storm Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Shark Bay Pearler Richard Gryffid Johns Charlie Edwards of Geraldton Fred Jones 118/80 A 753 Little is known of this vessel and it appears that it was not registered. The Jessie Edwards was ...

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  • Mary Queen of Scots

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    her anchor to (No. 5)—getting off the bank and afloat (quoted in WAM File No. MA-117/80, vol 3). ...

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