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Oleander
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
25 February 1884 the Oleander was about 80 km west of the Abrolhos Islands when heavy weather blew ...
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Derby
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1894 Protected State N N Cossack Beach, Butcher Inlet N 46.67 WA Canning River 1878 Fremantle 75320 1885 23.50 6.80 1.80 Cyclone Wrecked and sunk R.A. England & Willian Miller, Cossack B. Mason 443/71 The 46 ton sailing lighter Derby (ON 75320), built on the Canning River by B. Mason in 1878, was ...
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Electra
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1904/03/17 Protected Federal N N Off Cape Naturaliste N 91.66 84.81 WA Fremantle 1883 Fremantle 75317 1/1884 24.00 6.10 2.30 5 Foundered Hamellin Bay Bunbury Timber Captain J. Anderson Denny Bros. 112/80, 115/80 334, 756 Location: Bunker Bay Electra was built in Fremantle as a 2-masted schooner with ...
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Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon)
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1656/04/28 Protected Federal Y Y 39522 Off Ledge Point -31.2213916667 115.35905 GPS N 260.00 Netherlands Amsterdam 1653 Amsterdam 41.80 9.80 4.10 118 193 On reef Wrecked above water Texel Batavia Coins, general cargo Pieter Albertsz VOC VOC 2009/0210/SG _MA-9/72 AUS 334 The Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) ...
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Greyhound
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1884/10/18 Protected Federal N N Hamelin Jetty N 231.00 UK Wivenhoe, Essex 1858 Melbourne 21593 18/1872 37.80 7.38 4.30 Gale, parted cables Wrecked and sunk Samarang, Java Madras Timber Captain J.C. Prescott Captain Alfred C. Prescott of Port Adelaide 112/80, 196/75 1472 Greyhound was built in Wivenhoe, ...
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Ione
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1907/08/04 Protected Federal N N Near Port Gregory N 25.51 24.92 WA Fremantle 1874 Fremantle 61114 5/1874 16.40 4.20 1.80 Chaff choked pumps Foundered Geraldton Cossack Captain Lane J.F. Preston 117/80 1056 Ione was built speculatively by Charles Watson at his boat building yard at Mount Eliza. It had ...
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Black Swan
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1851/05 Protected Federal N N Murray Estuary N 124.00 18.00 NSW Westernport 11.00 2.80 1.90 4 Wrecked and sunk Bunbury Vasse General 206/80 us 775, Aus 116 & WA 848 Little is known of the cutter Black Swan which was owned by Anthony Curtis, merchant and ship-owner of Fremantle. However it is ...
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Flora-Dora (Floradora)
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1924/6191 WA Police Department Geraldton 1924 Fishing boat Floradora wrecked N of Geraldton 21/07/1924. Ice ...
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Emma
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
Maritime archaeology. Fremantle: 66-80. McCarthy, M., 1988, Coral Bay, Unidentified (believed to be Emma), ...
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Bay
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1910/01/01 Protected Federal N N Jurien Bay N 12.66 15.16 WA Fremantle 1909 Fremantle 125006 18/1909 11.30 3.70 1.60 Struck reef Wrecked and sunk Frank Johnston John Byrne and Martin Freney Murray and Howson 118/80 1033, 333, A 753 William Murray and Edward Howson built the Bay at Fremantle in ...
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