OCCATOR 1853-1856
Description
Brigantine
Construction
Timber with Iron
Size
145 tons length 27.2m beam 6.2m draft 3.5m
Built
1853 Prince Edward Island
Owner
G. and R. Barclay Captain: Place
Sunk
1856/02/09
Location
Around 55 kilometres south of the Cape at Carbaddaman Passage
Latitude/Longitude
(-21.885591, 113.970807)
Sinking
En route from Melbourne for Mureon Island near Exmouth with crew of 9 cargo in ballast About 55 km south from the cape, the ship ran onto Ningaloo reef, The wreck of the Occator has not yet found, it is believed to be situated at Carbaddaman Passage near Yardie Creek
Underwater
In June 2004 Mr Albert Gorman reported an acquaintance finding an iron knee 10 feet long by 6 inches wide by 3 inches deep, with a ‘bronze fastening at the ‘drop off’ north of Yardie Creek.