REX 1943

Description:

Fishing Boat

Owner:

Luigi Pittorino, Master John Petterson

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1943/12

Size:

14m Length

Underwater:

Wreck not found

Built:

Unknown

Location:

Reef near Lancelin Island In the passage at north end of island 0.5 mile offshore

Sinking:

En route from Geraldton on a fishing expedition. When icebox full, the vessel headed for Fremantle but lost its propeller and drifted onto a reef near Lancelin Island, was wrecked and sank. The crew used the dinghy to get ashore and then walked south before getting a message to police at Gingin.

Longitude:

115.317871

Latitude:

-31.001317

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