gulfofcarpentaria

SS DOUGLAS MAWSON, 1914-1923

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

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• Dale said:

  Interesting history: www.heritagearchaeology.com.au/Douglas%20Mawson.htm Built and launched Bawley Point 11 April 1914 lost with all hands Gulf of Carpentaria 1923

• beachcomber australia said:

  Dale That is an interesting history.

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  Dale beachcomber australia wow fascinating! Tales of cannibalism...?!?! Utterly bizarre nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78992943 And the original reporter called it "Daniel Dawson". How unfortunate. :S

• tugboat1952 said:

  how would you get a list of the crew on board when it sank? I have just found out my grandfather was on this vessel when it went down.

• beachcomber australia said:

  tugboat1952 TROVE !! A quick newspaper search - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=ss+douglas+mawson+cre... - produced this very politically incorrect article which has a list of the crew at the end (into the next column) - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187196549 Here they are - George F. Tune (master) Richard Shewring (mate) Robert D. Thompson (engineer) John Fraser (donkeyman) John Tully and Hector V. Little (firemen drivers) Robert Nixon (cook and steward) James Laird, Archie McNeill, Christian Neilsen, William Rowe, and William Nugent (able seamen) Maurice Giese (ordinary seaman) There were also on board as passengers Mr. and Mrs. Wlllett and their five children, who joined the ship at Normanton. Good luck with finding out more !