Shipwrecks of Western Australia
- Shipwrecks of Western Australia
Over 1400 ships have been wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This very large number of Shipwrecks of Western Australia is due to a number of factors, including
* a long and very rocky coastline
* at certain times of the year powerful storms and gales are very common
* the tendency of sailors in the 1600s and 1700ss to reduce their travel time by keeping their ships in the "Roaring Forties" for as long as possible; ships that failed to turn north in time were wrecked on the coast of Western Australia.
Most listings of wrecks group wrecks into regions, areas or adjacent capes and coastal features, so as to divide the large number into manageable collections.
Notable Wrecks
The first known wreck was the "Tryall" in 1622, which occurred in the era before annexation of the land into a British Colony.
Other notable wrecks include "Batavia", "Zuytdorp", "Vergulde Draeck", "Cervantes", "SS Georgette" and "HMAS Sydney".
Timeline
* 1622 "Tryall"
* 1629 "Batavia (ship)", Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship
* 1656 "Vergulde Draeck", Dutch VOC merchant sailing ship
* 1727 "Zeewijk" location Houtman Abrolhos
* 1868 "Northumberland", a wooden Barque in King George Sound
* 1876 "SS Georgette" a steamship in Calgardup Bay
* 1912 "Koombana", off Port Hedland
* 1990 "Cheynes II", a former whale chaser in King George Sound
* 1991 "Sanko Harvest" in the Archipelago of the Recherche
ee also
* Rottnest Island shipwrecks
* List of shipwrecks
References
*cite book | author = Henderson, Graeme | year = 1988 | title = Unfinished Voyages: Western Australian Shipwrecks 1851–1880 | location = Nedlands, Western Australia | publisher = University of Western Australia Press
External links
* http://dbase.mm.wa.gov.au/Shipwrecks/shipwreck.php
* [http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collections/maritime/march/shipwrecks/Wreckfinder/menu1.html Wreckfinder database of Western Australian Museum]
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