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  • Colonist

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1830/11 Protected Federal N N Champion Bay N Unknown Wrecked and sunk Fremantle Champion Bay Store 117/80 A 751 NO Mid-West 61 colonist ...

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  • Comet

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Cape Bouvard. This site seems to fit best with that of the wreck of the Comet as Captain O’Grady stated that the Lass of Geraldton was wrecked 10–11 miles south of the Peel Inlet. Worsley, P. and J. with ...

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  • Conch

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1872/03/20 Protected Federal N N Butchers Inlet N 5.00 Unknown During cyclone Wrecked and sunk Shell 4/79 327 Another disastrous cyclone struck at Roebourne on 20 March 1872, blowing down all the public buildings, two hotels, several stores and a number of residences. Six pearling vessels were moored ...

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  • Constance

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1890/12/22 Protected Federal N N Near Cape Leveque N 12.00 WA Perth 1889 Fremantle 95676 14 of 1890 10.80 3.40 1.60 Drifted onto reef after her masts being carried away, and became total wreck Wrecked and sunk G. H. Roe, J.N. Augood, W.H. James William Chamberlain (?) 119/80 McKenna Collection 680, ...

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  • Contest

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    Unpublished Wreck Inspection Report, Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian Maritime Museum, ...

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  • Julie Dawn

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1971/07/06 Protected Federal N N Near Geraldton N Swamped by breaker 117/80 NO Mid-West 66 julie-dawn ...

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  • Coquette

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1870/12/25 Protected Federal N N Ricoe Bay, in Nickol Bay N 72.00 Unknown Sydney 32638 Wrecked and sunk Shell Captain Barnes 4/79 327 Later reported to be totally wrecked ar Clarence River Heads in 1872 Perth Gazette, 4 September 1868 Register of British Ships, Sydney Inquirer, 15 February 1871 NO ...

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  • Correio da Azia

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    the wreck of the Correio da Azia, but no trace of the ship could be found. There have been a number of ...

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  • Argo

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1908/12/08 Protected Federal N N Broome area N 12.00 WA Fremantle 1902 Fremantle 114499 40/1902 15.00 4.40 1.20 6 6 Cyclone Wrecked and sunk John Johnson, Broome A.E. Brown 3/79 1207, 1048, 1058 HMC 107/3 The Richard McKenna MemorialCollection NO North-West 69 argo ...

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  • Patience

    Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018

    1959/1960 Protected Federal N N Geraldton N Burnt W. Thomson 117/80 NO Mid-West 70 patience ...

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