RAVEN 1864-1891
Description
Three-masted Barque
Construction
Wood. Carvel built with one deck
Size
tons 343, length 36.9m, beam 8.4m, depth 5.2m
Built
1864 in Sunderland U.K.
Owner
W. R. Cave and Co., Adelaide
Sunk
11th May 1891
Location
Dyer Island, approximately 200 metres southeast of the rock.
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.021, 115.5513333)
Sinking
A fresh southerly breeze was blowing when the Raven left Fremantle en route to Bunbury via the South Passage. The vessel ran aground near Dyer Island. The crew took to the lifeboats and were later rescued.
Underwater
Partly buried on a sand and weed bottom and lying in 6 metres of water, what remains of the Raven is hard to distinguish from the surrounding reef.
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