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  • Herschel ex Edith Byrne

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    was £400, and a further £180 was spent on having the hulk towed to Albany. THE LOSS On 2 July 1908 the hulk Herschel, having been previously stripped of anything of value, was towed by The Bruce to Inner ...

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  • Lubra

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    ship’s position; 3. Carelessness in not having kept a chart in a convenient place so that officers ...

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  • Bankfields

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1950/06/07 Protected Federal N N Rottnest Graveyard, south west of Rottnest N 859.00 807.00 UK Sunderland 1876 Fremantle 74533 59.60 9.80 5.90 Sunk by RAAF Mustang aircraft Wrecked and sunk Adelaide Steamship Company Osbourne, Graham & Co 445/71 Hulked in 1911 Surveyed in Feb 1932 Previously known as ...

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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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  • Zephyr

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1903 Protected Federal N N Albany 1336.00 1312.00 Unknown 1854? 89406 57.60 11.30 7.80 Beached, abandoned and broken up Abandoned Adelaide Steamship Company Unknown 193/79 Zephyr (1854-1902) The Zephyr was a three-masted wooden sailing ship of 1312 tons, built by Daniel D. Kelley of East Boston, ...

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  • Sarah Burnyeat

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    had been used to illuminate the work fell on to the deck. The resulting fire was thought to have been ...

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