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  • Hadda

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    stern-post, lends support to this assumption. SITE LOCATION The wreck of the Hadda lies 720 m ENE of Beacon ...

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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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  • Duchess of Kent

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1895/08/28 Protected Federal N N Police Dept Jurian Bay [Near Cervantes Island, south of Geraldton] N 60.08 TAS Franklin, Tasmania 1875 Fremantle 57559 1 of 1894 21.40 6.10 2.10 During voyage Wrecked and sunk Geraldton Fremantle Captain Ehlert William Reid, Bunbury 118/80 A 753 Duchess of Kent was ...

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  • Favourite

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1858/01/15 Protected Federal N N Abrolhos Islands, Wallabi Group N 46.00 WA Bunbury 1856 Fremantle 40468 1/1856 20.30 5.80 2.30 7 Wrecked on a reef Refloated Bunbury Guano Captain Goss John Bateman 56/72 A 751 Official number: 40453 (Dickson, 1996) or 40468 (McKenna, 1959; T Year built: 1855 (Dickson, 1996) ...

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  • Premier

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1873/07/01 Protected Federal N N Port Irwin (Port Denison) N 51.00 WA Perth 1869 Fremantle 61092 26.20 5.50 2.40 Drag anchors Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Port Irwin Telegraph poles 115/80 A 752 Length: 75 ft (22.9 m) at launch, 86 ft (26.2 m) after 1873 refit Breadth: 15 ft (4.6 m) at launch, 18.17 ft ...

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  • Trial

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Royal Australian Historical Society Journal And Proceedings 20:5 (1934), pp. 273-80 ...

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  • Alert

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1875/07/22 Protected State N N Murray River Bar N 19.04 WA Fremantle 1867 Fremantle 52239 4 of 1867 14.40 4.00 1.65 Struck River Bar Wrecked and sunk Murray River Fremantle Sandelwood John Kelly J. & H.C. Carter & Co J.C. Mews 206/80 Alert was built in Fremantle by a member of the well-known ...

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  • Victory

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Australian Maritime Museum, No. 80. Dickson, R., 2012, Maritime Matters of the South Coast of Western ...

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  • Countess

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1925 Protected Federal N N Between Geraldton and Point Cloats 2 Cyl. Compound 20NHP and 15 IHP 24.86 35.39 WA Perth 1897 Fremantle 119044 17.60 4.50 1.60 Missing Unknown Geraldton Point Cloates South Perth Ferry Co. Ltd. sold to H.M. Govt. of WA in 1912 W.F. Lawrence, Perth 117/80 Merchant Navy List, ...

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  • James Matthews

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    that James Matthews was a snow-brig of 107 tons, registered at the Port of London. The vessel was 80 ...

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