Project Objective: To locate, positively identify
and report on the SS Coramba. Ship History: Steel twin-screw
steamship of 531 tons. Built at Ayre, Scotland, 1911 for N.C.S.N.Co. Lbd
160.3 x 30 x 10 ft. Sold in 1932 to Belfast & Koroit S.N. Co.
The SS Coramba disappeared without trace in a gale having left Warrnambool
for Melbourne on 29 November 1934 with a crew of sixteen.
On 1 December, two bodies were washed ashore at Newhaven, Gippsland coast,
and several days later, two more bodies and a quantity of wreckage were
recovered in the same area. The recovery of a lifeboat and bell confirmed
the vessel’s fate.
The wreck was reported located about a mile and a half west of Seal Rocks
but conflicting reports and failure to locate the wreck suggests this
location is incorrect. The Coramba is likely to lie in 20 to 40msw.
Project Status: Research continues. On-water search is planned for
later in the year depending upon research outcomes.
Further Information Required: Any information on the Coramba, it's
loss, any information on the crew and officers.
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