PLANET 1876-1890

Description:

2-masted Schooner

Owner:

W Lakey Master Charles Morgan

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1890/05/10

Size:

64.8 tons length 22.2m beam 5.0m draft 2.4m

Underwater:

Wreck Not Found

Built:

1876/77 by Robert Howson, Fremantle

Location:

Port Irwin (Port Denison)

Sinking:

En route from Cossack to Fremantle with general cargo and grain. During the night a storm blew up and the pin came out of the shackle on the mooring. The schooner was washed onto the rocks about 100m north of the jetty, but only 6 packages of cargo saved. All crew were taken to Fremantle by the steamer Rob Roy.

Longitude:

114.920311

Latitude:

-29.261687

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