ELVIE (1900-1923)
Elvie exposed (photo Myles Mitchell)
Description
Flat Bottomed Lighter
Construction
Wood Jarrah
Size
length 24.5m beam 4.1m draft 1.6m
Built
1900 at Kalgan River WA
Owner
Norwegian Whaling Co. used to transport barrels of whale oil to vessels in the harbour, and for ferrying supplies from Albany back to the whaling settlement
Sunk
1923
Location
Frenchman Bay, Southern end of Whaler’s Beach, Albany
Latitude/Longitude
(-35.091117, 117.943167)
Sinking
Left at her moorings by departing Norwegians, the Elvie was driven ashore in a southeast gale in 1921 and filled with sand.
Underwater
Though mostly buried, the tops of the wooden hull frames and the stern and bow post are visible, the bow facing to seaward. The WA Museum has excavated and recorded the site.
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