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Star of the South
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1888/06/25 Protected Federal N N Koombana Bay, in mouth of estuary N 12.00 WA Bunbury 1875 Fremantle 75297 14.20 3.80 1.60 Cable parted in gale Wrecked and sunk Lancelin, Wedge Island Bunbury Guano 15 Tons Maurice Coleman Davies, Adelaide timber merchant, James Moore, Bunbury auctioneer and ...
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Athena
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
n/a McIllwraith and McEacharn Co, Adelaide Middle Dock Co 2009/0072/SG _MA-13/80 1034, 2619 Athena was ...
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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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Zvir
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
Priestman & Co 2009/0221/SG _MA-14/80 AUS 72, 330, 1055 The steel screw steamer Zvir, Port of Registry, ...
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Sepia
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1898/12/29 Protected Federal Y Y 2002/12 2.9 Km offshore between Carnac and Garden Island -32.1335833333 115.6418666667 DGPS N 725.00 659.00 UK Hartlepool 1864 London 48814 53.90 8.80 5.80 12 Struck rock Wrecked and sunk London Fremantle Mixed general Captain Hugh Thomas Bethell, Gwyn and Company of London ...
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Benan
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1888/12/13 Protected Federal Y Y 98/04 MMcC; 92/09. 2004/5 MMcC Point Cloates -22.7415166667 113.6745 +GPS 2004 N 1415.00 Scotland Leith 1875 Glasgow 70766 9/1875 73.90 11.20 6.80 28 Struck reef Wrecked and sunk Cardiff Hong Kong Coal John Burns Thompson and Company of Leith 25/92, 209/80 AUS 72 he ...
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Glenbank
Wreck | Updated 21 Nov 2022
1911/02/07 Protected Federal Y Y 20/08/2021 Lost at sea 20 miles off Cossack, 8 or 9 miles off Legendre Reef -20.321033 117.033501 GPS N 1481.00 1359.00 Scotland Glasgow 1893 Nystad, Finland 102561 73.20 11.30 6.40 23 24 Cargo shifted. Thought to have struck Delambre Reef or rocks adjacent to Legendre ...
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Sultan
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1899/07/25 Protected Federal N N En route between Fremantle and Broome N Fremantle 1899 Unregistered 4 4 Unknown Unknown Fremantle Broome William Miles Frank Biddles A.E. Brown 3/79 1207 Inquirer, 14 July 1899, p. 16a West Australian, 26 July 1899, p. 4a Inquirer, 1 September 1899, p. 8c; see also West ...
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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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