NORWEGIAN BAY BARGES 1950

Description:

Barges for Whaling Station

Owner:

Norwegian Bay Whaling Co

Construction:

Steel/Iron

Sunk:

1950’s

Size:

Unknown

Underwater:

There are two identical barges about 30m apart in 3m of water. Good tri tren 200snorkel/diving with abundance of fish-life around the barges.

Built:

Unknown

Location:

100m off-shore from Whaling Station

Sinking:

Possibly after Whaling Station abandoned in 1956

Longitude:

113.670572

Latitude:

-22.592436

Gallery

Norwegians based their activities in WA’s North-West between1913-1916 catching more than 4,000 whales. From 1925-1929 the Norwegian Bay Whaling Company operated profitably from Point Cloates; and from 1936 foreign whalers operated off this coast killing 7,000 whales in 3 years.

by 1948 a world shortage of fats caused the price of whale oil to rise to six times the prewar price., whaling became a highly lucrative industry, with three companies operating at Albany, Point Cloates and Carnarvon. By 1955 the Western Australian stations accounted for 1,126 whales, or about 60 % of the Australian total

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