PLANET 1876-1890
Description
2-masted Schooner
Construction
Timber
Size
64.8 tons length 22.2m beam 5.0m draft 2.4m
Built
1876/77 by Robert Howson, Fremantle
Owner
W Lakey Master Charles Morgan
Sunk
1890/05/10
Location
Port Irwin (Port Denison)
Latitude/Longitude
(-29.261687, 114.920311)
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.
Underwater
Wreck Not Found