https://www.austory.au/shipwrecks daily 0.75 2025-04-27 https://www.austory.au/shipwrecks/ss-coogee monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/d5a94c7e-db03-49b4-9638-8cd35c0f28d4/The+Sydney+Morning+Herald+-+Coogee+-+29+Dec+1903.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip - 25 Dec 1903 → the SS ‘Coogee’ was involved in a dreadful accident in Bass Strait killing the Captain and a crew member, as well as causing massive damage to both the ships involved – in an uncanny incident where, in all the expanse of Bass Strait, two ships would collide in thick fog. The Sydney Morning Herald – 29 Dec 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/d69ec8fa-15e3-4d99-bfcb-f051bc8a7402/Argus+%28Melbourne%2C+Vic%29+-+6+Mar+1914.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip Extract - Argus (Melbourne, Vic) – 6 Mar 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/d4f4baef-e8a7-4062-b679-cc5e1178edde/Sydney+Morning+Herald+%28NSW%29+-+Coogee+%26+Katoomba+-+30+Apr+1892.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip Extract – Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) – 30 Apr 1892 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/e1e70c00-28a2-4c90-b574-cf16e9343923/SS+%27Coogee%27.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip - Make it stand out SS ‘Coogee’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/a81f6ca2-e81d-4961-8427-aff71c6e2a8c/Argus+%28Melbourne%2C+Vic%29+-+26+Feb+1914.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip - 25 Feb 1914 → the SS ‘Coogee’ sustained serious damage when she collided with the ‘Bombala’ in the Yarra River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/18f71af9-b49a-4610-9d41-81ee4e9fe844/Examiner+%28Launceston%2C+Tas%29+-+Coogee+Delayed+-+30+Jul+1900.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip - Extract - Examiner (Launceston, Tas) – 30 Jul 1900 → The Sydney Morning Herald – 29 Dec 1903 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/b63848d4-c317-4b31-b1c9-ffb45706ea0f/SS+%27Coogee%27+-+Damaged.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Coogee’ | Port Phillip - Make it stand out Showing the Damage sustained by the SS ‘Coogee’ https://www.austory.au/shipwrecks/ss-edina monthly 0.5 2025-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/7cea0948-1538-429d-81a3-6e88748bbce0/Age+%28Melbourne%2C+Vic%29+-+Edina%27s+Last+Yarra+Trip+-+16+Jul+1938.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Age (Melbourne, Vic) - 16 Jul 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/c5489441-1a51-4a42-b06c-538f430ca908/SS+%27Edina%27+c+1863.jpg Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Make it stand out SS ‘Edina’ c 1863 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/a95d3b07-9682-429e-b91c-36e04cd5fd3e/SS+%27Edina%27+-+c+1870%27s.jpg Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - The SS ‘Edina’ SS Edina c 1870’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/872951dc-02db-4c6f-9d3e-d5031511f482/Argus+%28Melbourne%2C+Vic%29+-+Edina+as+Lighter+-+5+Sep+1938.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Argus (Melbourne, Vic) - 5 Sep 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/4dc966f7-7d3c-430e-b7f5-c00d447a6331/Advocate+%28Burnie%2C+Tas%29+-+Steamer+Edina+Sold+-+13+Jul+1938.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Advocate (Burnie, Tas) - 13 Jul 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/919f143c-aa61-433e-b602-b0edcd8bbb15/Express+%26+Telegraph+%28Adelaide%2C+SA%29+-+Steamer+Edina+Disabled+-+22+Mar+1907.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Express & Telegraph (Adelaide, SA) - 22 Mar 1907 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/24615ea0-45bf-4821-92a6-fdbad20202a5/Geelong+Advertiser+%28Vic%29+-+The+Edina-Excelior+Collision+-+29+Sep+1899.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Geelong Advertiser (Vic) - 29 Sep 1899 " . . . The Court of Marine Enquiry sat to-day, and began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the steamers Edina and Excelsior on the 11th instant. Captain Moore, of the Excelsior, gave his version of the accident, which was similar in substance to the account published at the time of the collision. He claimed that when the fog settled down he reduced the Excelsior's speed to dead slow, and when the Edina was seen bearing down he did all that could possibly be done to avert the collision . . . " Source: Extract - 'Sydney Morning Herald' (NSW) - Article "The Edina-Excelsior Collision" - published 19th July 1899 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/0d24255c-b6b8-4d3c-bc35-497f6b2f959a/SS+%27Edina%27+-+Final+Journey+-+21+Jun+1938.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Make it stand out SS 'Edina' - Her Final Journey - 21 Jun 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/dd7da7b5-3c25-4a37-bd2c-553fd798f9fb/SS+%27Edina%27+-+Ashore+at+Point+Gellibrand+27+Apr+1898.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - SS Edina Ashore at Point Gellibrand - 27 Apr 1898 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/676e938465a6f20db6fba327/33cfea1f-952a-458f-867b-dae4a1225a2d/Newcastle+Sun+%28NSW%29+-+Edina+Still+Going+Strong+-+20+July+1935.JPG Shipwrecks - SS ‘Edina’ | Port Phillip - Source: Extract - Newcastle Sun (NSW) - 20 July 1935 " . . . While the steamship Edina, in the midst of dense fog was proceeding on her usual trip from Geelong to Melbourne on Wednesday evening, she bore down on a reef near the Gellibrand pile light and crashed. Residents of Williamstown were startled about nine o'clock on hearing the booming of guns coming from the direction of the Bay. It was the Edina's distress signals. When a boatman from the pilot house immediately set out in a launch for the scene of the mishap he found the Edina hard and fast aground behind the Gellibrand light on what he believed to be a rocky bottom. There was practically no sea running, and the Edina, fortunately did not seem to be in difficult straits. At all events she was making no water. 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