TWINKLING STAR (1867-1873)
English two-masted Schooner in full sail
Description
2-masted Schooner
Construction
Timber with one deck and a round stern
Size
59.5 ton length 19.3m beam 4.9m draft 2.2m
Built
1867 by Subpore Howrath, Calcutta
Owner
J & W Bateman Master: George Long
Sunk
30th January 1873
Location
Unknown off Northwest Garden Island
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.161839, 115.654375)
Sinking
On voyage from Champion Bay to Fremantle with cargo of Lead Ore. Carrying 5 crew and 8 passengers struck reef and sank, Efforts to work the vessel off the reef were to no avail, so all passengers and crew all landed safely in boats at ‘Friars Place just south of Cliff Pt. Garden Island . Two days later John Bateman took a cargo boat to render assistance, but found that the seas breaking over The Twinkling Star’s decks had carried away the roundhouse and were threatening to break the hull apart. Captain Long was censured at Court of Inquiry for not Keeping a proper account of his longitude position.
Underwater
Whilst a passenger stated that the ship was’1.2km offshore opposite an elevated part of garden Island’ (Mt. Haycock?) Many divers have tried to locate the wreck over 40 years without success.
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