http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/id-1308 https://www.divingwawrecks.com/katinka
Probably the most impressive wreck of the Hamelin Bay wreck sites, the Katinka was lost as an intense winter storm front swept across the bay with wind gusts reportedly reaching 85 knots. After the passing northwest front, the wind had swung south west with such force that the Katinka dragged her anchor as well as the timber company’s mooring almost a kilometre and went aground about a mile north of the Hamelin Bay jetty. The company mooring consisted of 360 metres of chain attached to three anchors each weighing two ton each, such was the force of the wind that day. A number of sailors lost their lives in the wrecking event, one was swept overboard as the vessel was hit by the swell and more drowned including the first mate, while trying to swim to the safety of the nearby shore.
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