SS Kwinana 1922
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Interwar).
Key facts
| Name | SS Kwinana | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1922 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Interwar | derived from year |
| Ship type | heritage site | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Australia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | -32.2480, 115.7560 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Kwinana was an Australian ocean-going cargo and passenger steamship. She was built in England in 1892 as the cargo ship SS Darius. In 1912 she changed owners, was refitted as a cargo and passenger ship, and renamed Kwinana.
She was damaged in 1920–21 by a fire in her cargo, and wrecked in 1922 when she drifted ashore about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Fremantle, Western Australia. The site of her wreck is now called Kwinana Beach, and her remains are automatically protected by Australian Federal Law.
Diving & visiting
On 9 December 1921 the hulk was towed to Careening Bay, Garden Island, Western Australia. In a storm on 28 July 1922, she broke her moorings, was blown across Cockburn Sound and ran ashore about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north of Rockingham. The Royal Australian Navy served notice for the wreck to be removed, so the SSS offered her for sale where she lay. The successful bid was from a syndicate represented by one Owen Carlon.
Despite the sale, much of the wreck remained on the beach. On 2 May 1941 it was partly blown up, but its remains survived and were visible for many years. In 1959 the Fremantle Harbour Trust cut the wreck down to water level.
Location
- Recorded position: -32.2480, 115.7560 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: Australia
Wreck positions on this site are for interest only and are not for navigation. Many wrecks are war graves or legally protected: never disturb human remains or remove artefacts, and check local law before diving.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Kwinana (revision 1333938540), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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