SS FIN 1881-1923

Description

Iron Steam Whaler

Construction

Iron with Inverted Compound Steam engine

Size

93 tons

Built

1881 in Norway

Owner

North West Whaling Co Ltd

Sunk

1923/02/15

Location

Fraser island, (since disappeared) north of Point Cloates

Latitude/Longitude

(-22.6476, 113.628266667)

Sinking

At anchor, driven ashore during a cyclone

Underwater

A good snorkel dive, always visible in shallow water at south end of Fraser Island (now disappeared) with Boiler and parts of wreckage above waterline

Gallery

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