URIBES 1868-1942
Uribes stranded on beach. photo Battye Library
Description
Rebuilt in 1934 as an auxiliary powered, three-masted Schooner
Construction
Iron
Size
tons 118, length 37m, beam 7.3m, depth 2m
Built
1868 in Stockton-on-Tees, U.K.
Owner
Cossack Lighter and Trading Company
Sunk
July 1942
Location
The wreck lies 400 metres west of Natural Jetty, just off the beach and hard up against the reef.
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.00274, 115.55734)
Sinking
Drifted onto rocks when the engine cut out and the anchors failed to hold. The cargo, much of which was salvaged, included 150 six-inch shells and two motor vehicles.
Underwater
SNORKEL DIVE: Uribes lies in 2 to 3 metres of water. Machinery and parts of the hull are still intact to view in this shallow wreck close to shore
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