KIRYO MARU 1970-1984
Description
Japanese tuna boat
Construction
Steel
Size
length 36m, beam m, depth m
Built
1970
Owner
Unknown Captain: Mergume Amegata
Sunk
6th August 1984
Location
50 metres offshore at Cathedral Rocks
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.020345, 115.449514)
Sinking
Ran aground in rough seas after the propeller shaft broke. One seaman swam ashore with a line and was followed by the remaining 17 crewmen.
Underwater
Now all underwater with scattered wreckage
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