Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum
  • Diver

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1890/03/13 Protected Federal N N Wedge Island N 25.00 1 2 Driven ashore Refloated Fremantle Shark Bay William Ashworth J. and W. Bateman 118/80 A753 Co-ordinates 1' off West Australian, 20 March 1890, p. 3b Inquirer, 2 April 1890, p. 9a West Australi ...

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  • Amethyst

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1894/01/04 Protected State N N Cossack, Butcher Inlet N 11.34 WA Fremantle unknown Fremantle 101499 13/1891 14.20 4.10 1.90 Driven ashore Unknown Pearl, shell R.S. Kirby, Broome 443/71 Built in Fremantle as Amethyst, driven ashore at Cossack in 1894 cyclo ...

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  • Saint Mary

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1905/06/16 Protected Federal N N 40 Miles south of Dongara N Driven ashore 115/80 A 753 No particulars are known regarding this vessel, referred to as a smack by Totty and as a cutter by Loney, except that it was owned by a Dongara fisherman. THE LOSS The ...

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  • Anxiety

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1898/01/24 Protected Federal N N Shark Bay area N Driven ashore Wrecked above water Police File 408/98 West Australian, 23 March 1898, p. 4i NO Mid-West 814 anxiety ...

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  • Beatrice

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1893/01/03 Protected Federal N N Island near Rosemary Island, Dampier Archipelago N 4.00 Unknown Unregistered Driven ashore Wrecked and sunk Fishing boat Wah Ching 4/79 327 Fishing for bêche-de-mer Extract from Police report dated 18/1/1893: I have to rep ...

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  • Annie

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1873/09/06 Protected Federal N N Gages Roads, Watering Jetty N 7.00 Unknown Fremantle (?) 61098 (?) Driven ashore Wrecked and sunk NO Metro 1208 annie-1 ...

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  • Moorburg

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1880/07 Protected Federal N N Owens Anchorage N 227.00 Unknown Germany Driven ashore Refloated Tea Captain Boldt Herald, 26 June 1880 Btatvia handelsblad, 15 September 1880, reprinted in Inquirer, 3 November 1880 NO Metro 1521 moorburg ...

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  • Nor'wester

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1900/07/22 Protected Federal N N Hamelin Bay N 547.00 Scotland Glasgow 1864 Sandefjord Norway 60.40 11.60 6.70 Driven ashore Refloated T. H Neilson N.H. Svarrer 196/75 Became the first sailing ship to be placed on the goverment slips at Rous Head Co-ordin ...

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