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Wave
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
arisen that this wreck was purposely contrived to obtain the insurance’ (Henn, 1954: 39). INITIAL SALVAGE On receiving news of the wreck of the Wave the colonial schooner Champion under the command of ...
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White Heather
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1899/03 Protected Federal N N Enroute from Fremantle N 20.00 WA Fremantle 1899 4 4 Unknown Fremantle Broome Arthur Gibson W. Chamberlain West Australian, 2 March 1899, p. 4a; see also Inquirer, 3 March 1899, p. 8a West Australian, 17 May 1899, p. 4a NO Un ...
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Unidentified Steam Launch (of Saladin)
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1891/01/15 Protected Federal N N Stewart Island Shoal, Dampier Archipelago N Unknown Launch was lost due to magnetic shoal Wrecked and sunk Cossack Carnarvon Ocean Steam Ship Company SS Aladin was an iron screw steamship of 1497 tons registered at Liverpool M. Page, Fitted for the Voyage, p. 130 West ...
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Welcome
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1910 Protected Federal N N N WA Fremantle A.E. Brown NO Unknown 791 welcome-1 ...
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West Riding
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1895/01 Protected Federal N N Lost Enroute N 953.00 Scotland Glasgow 1875 70924 62.10 10.20 6.00 Disappeared Unknown London Fremantle NO Unknown 792 west-riding ...
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Vianen
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1628/01/25 Protected Federal N N Barrow Island Area N 400.00 Netherlands Amsterdam Refloated Batavia Goeree, Zeeland General Gerrit de Wit VOC 439/71 Schilder, Australia Unveiled, p. 100 Letter of the Governor General and Councillors to the Heeren XVII, 3 ...
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Wild Wave
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1875/12/24 Protected Federal N N Exmouth Gulf N 28.00 WA Fremantle 1858 Fremantle 40482 1/1858 15.40 4.60 2.00 32 46 Cyclone Wrecked and sunk Exmouth Fishing ground Shell Watson Aubrey Brown and Charles Gill 152/72 A 744 Herald, 29 January 1876 Dickson, R. 1996. Ships registered in Western Australia ...
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Wild Wave ( China )
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1873/08/30 Protected Federal N N Monte Bello Island N 180.00 Denmark Abenraa 1858 43302 31.40 7.40 3.90 16 Struck a reef and at once filled with water Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Singapore Sandelwood Edward Fothergill George Howlett Peter Lund 3/79, 439/71 328 George Howlett to John Absolon, 1 May 1872, ...
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Will Succeed
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1900 Protected Federal N N Beadon Creek, Onslow N Unknown Shark Bay sailing lighter lost on beach at Onslow. NO North-West 796 will-succeed ...
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Willem
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
1885/09 Protected Federal N N Rottnest Island N Unknown Unknown 445/71 PWD 54153 Ship has Dutch name Harbour-master George Forsyth to Col. Sec. September 1885, CSO 3955/1855 NO Metro 797 willem ...
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