DUCHESS OF KENT (1875-1895)

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Ketch Coomba 1876 painting

Description:

Ketch with elliptical stern

Owner:

William Reid, Bunbury Master: Captain Ehlert

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1895/08/28

Size:

60.08 tons length 21.4m beam 6.1m draft 2.1m

Underwater:

Went over outside reef and then struck inner reef, wreck not found

Built:

1875 at Franklin, Tasmania

Location:

Near Cervantes Island, south of Geraldton

Sinking:

En route from Geraldton to Fremantle to load another cargo of explosives for the WA Government. Struck reef in storm

Longitude:

115.046151

Latitude:

-30.523895

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