Omeo Shipwreck, Coogee, Western Australia
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blingg
S 32° 06.335 E 115° 45.690
50H E 383147 N 6447189
An easily reached wreck off the metropolitan coast at Coogee
Waymark Code: WMWFX4
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 08/30/2017
Views: 3
The "Omeo" was a 789 ton iron framed four masted clinker-built barque with one deck and a square stern. The ship was built at Newcastle, England in 1858, with a length of 64.9m and breadth of 9.3m, and sank on 11th September 1905
At 5,30 pm on 11 September 1905 the vessel broke its moorings in a gale whilst at anchor in Cockburn Sound and was swept ashore to where it was finally abandoned.
The wreck lies in about 2m of water 15m off the coast and is the most easily accessible wreck along the W.A. coast
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 10435
Place File No: 5/12/007/0014
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1858
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