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  • Marten

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    some sheathing metal and a curved timber, possibly part of a vessel’s frame, have been found. . This ...

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  • Lady Lyttleton

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    consisted of flour. Having removed the remainder of the cargo (most of which was damaged), the barque was ...

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  • Harlequin

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    a position 36º 49’ south and 114º 51’ east, south-west of Cape Leeuwin, when on 2 September a severe gale struck from the north-west. The schooner lost all its sails and was driven back. The gale then swung to ...

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  • Franklin

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    twelve months before its loss at Point Malcolm. Under the command of Captain Thomas West with a crew of ...

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  • Eclipse

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    McKay 69/72 Co-ordinates 1' off SRO 430 ITEM-1900/5237 West Australian, 16 December 1898, p. 4a West Australian, 17 December 1900, p. 5b; see also Inquirer same date. NO South-Coast 122 eclipse ...

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  • Monarch

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1897/03/16 Protected Federal N N Halfway across Great Australian Bight N 191.20 SA Goolwa 1879 South Australia 79313 37.50 7.90 2.40 Sprung leak Foundered Adelaide Fremantle Captain T.W. Smith of Fremantle G. and P. G. Johnston of Port Pirie and Goolwa, South Australia In tow of steamer Colac West ...

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