JON JIM 1961
Description
Small Fishing Freezer Boat
Construction
Timber
Size
36.6 tons
Built
Unknown
Owner
Master: Jim Roberts
Sunk
1961/07/17
Location
Pelsaert Island, Wreck Pt
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.986064, 113.962254)
Sinking
The skipper, having set a course for Wreck Point expecting to miss it due to bad weather, conditions, miscalculated, leading to the ship running hard aground against the cliff where it now lies.
Underwater
Seen by Green & Sledge July 1974 The wreck lies between a small islet now named Jon Jim Island and Wreck Point on the main island itself.
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