Attanasio Farinola

Rosette

Wasyl (Victor) Muran

Alistair Williams

Patrick John Sullivan

John Shea and Frederick Cooper

Palermo

Rasmussen and Morris

San Francisco

Doggett, Ward and Toolum

Rover

Francesco Migliori (Migliore)

John Nye

Alex Forbes and John Nye

Luke Anthony Murray

Columbia

Lars Larsen

Raymond Doneo

A Memorial erected at the site above where the 

 crashed into the cliffs. Andy de Petra, a Nor West Whaling fisherman (the company that owned the trawler), Paul & Pam Dickenson and Hugh Edwards were responsible for the memorial that stands along the top of the cliffs just south of Steep Point. The Memorial states:

On April 25, 1963, the brand-new prawn trawler, 

, crashed on the rocks below this spot at 5.30am in the early morning darkness. She was immediately overwhelmed by the surf and rolled over and sank in less than a minute. Her crew, Barry Allen, Ron Poole and Tony Romonostro were all drowned in the accident. Her skipper, Jack Drinan, aged 38, had been off-watch and was flung clear by the first wave. He climbed into the trawler’s brine tank, or icebox, which had floated clear on the backwash from the waves.

At the time, the Admiralty Chart of the area was incomplete. It dated back to sailing ship days when HMS Herald made a survey of Shark Bay in 1858. In 1963, the chart showed only a dotted line along this section of cliffs, indenting considerably to the east. Other causes were the overhead riding light reflecting on the foredeck and back onto the windscreen, obscuring the helmsman’s view into the night.

 had been half an hour later in her departure, she would have been off this point in the daylight and the cliffs would have been observed in time. A massive sea and air search over several days failed to find any trace of survivors. By the time an aircraft finally sighted the wreck, Jack Drinan and the icebox, had drifted far out to sea. Police divers swam down to the wreck, but could find no sign of the crew and it was presumed that all had drowned. Meantime, Drinan was making a remarkable voyage. His raft was blown on easterly winds. He broke off a metal fitting and carved a hole in the icebox to gain access. Then he survived on the crew’s food in the icebox and the freshwater from the melting ice. Eventually the wind changed, and after 14 days adrift reduced to drinking seawater in the end, he was blown back to the coast close to the spot where his journey had begun.

He had carved a surf ski and a paddle from the icebox lid for when he got close to land. He managed to launch it and paddle into South Passage around Monkey Rock. While crossing the passage to Dirt Hartog Island, he was picked up by the fishing boat 

, and the news of his survival was radioed to the world. In Carnarvon, the destination of the 

, he was greeted by his wife, Jean, family and friends, who for a fortnight had believed he had drowned. Now he was welcomed as a man back from the dead. He continued his sea-going career and died of cancer in Perth aged 61 in 1986. Some years after the 

 tragedy his brine tank, covered in barnacles, washed up in South Passage, returned by the sea.

Nor 6

Leon Vincent Liedle

Gauja

Sea Spray

Pieter Weltevreden

Albert

Andrew Farmer

John Patrick Maher

Frederick Davis

Vito Spadavecchia

Raymond

Crusader

Elenora (Alinora)

Alinora

Eldon and Rose Pink

Memorial plaque in honour of Shane Graeme Kramer (49) who died in 2008 when his boat, the 

 rolled when entering the North End in Lancelin. His Son, Benjamin, took his own life in 2013 and a plaque in honour of him can be seen adjacent to his fathers.

Shane Graeme Kramer

Mildred

Pemberton Walcott

Toby William Jamieson

Star Of The West

Star of the West

Snapshot

Jarrod Arthur Hampton

Daniel Goodall

Villaret

The Port Denison Obelisk, forming the Fishermen’s Memorial and Lookout, is prominently situated at Point Leander on top of a sand hill and has a commanding view of Arurine Bay.

It is of solid stone construction, standing on a stone base about three metres square. The obelisk is about 1.8 metres square at its base and about four metres high. The top section is pyramidal. It has historical significance for its association with the early development of sea transport at Port Denison and is a rare historical component dating from the early days of the settlement at the Irwin River (c.1860s). The site is highly valued by the local community who consider it to be an important landmark, with its high vantage point and views of Port Denison and the coastline, and a popular tourist destination.

The ruins of the second obelisk, which was demolished 1977-79 and is situated approximately one kilometre from the first, is associated with the original Port Denison and Old Irwin Jetty. Michael G. Kailis unveiled the fisherman’s memorial plaque in 1979, paying respect to several deceased fishermen lost at sea between 1916 and 1977. They include; Albert and Theodore Money, Charles Swanson, Edward Joseph Foster, William Roser, Robert Allan, Maxwell Conrad Bussenschutt, Malcolm Donald Zimmerman, Robert Green and Neville Graeme Hynes

Point Leander Obelisk

Bonzer

Memorial commemorates pearl diver Richard Peter Bisley (27) who disappeared while diving for pearls in Roebuck Bay in 1993.

Richard Bisley was doing a routine dive when he disappeared. His mangled aqualung was found by searchers and his remains were found inside a tiger shark, which was caught in Roebuck Bay a week later.

Richard Peter Bisley

Cathy Jo

This lighthouse sculpture was created by Aubrey Panizza and sponsored by the Cervantes Country Women`s Association to honour and pay tribute to the many lives lost and the ships that have been wrecked off the coast of Cervantes.

The front inscription is written by Mariee Hesford and reads:

To the men who sailed the tall ships
To the men who worked the small ships
They charted the seas
They mapped out the land
Some reaped her rich bounties
Some sadly ran aground
To those men and ships
Who never made it home
We have erected this lighthouse and penned this poem

Mariners Memorial

Robert John Gray

Nancy Lee

Charles Swanson

George Gellin

Barry Ray Jessen

Two Friends

John Anderson

Lillian

Queen

Andrew John Tresise

Flora Dora

Carlton Scott Tittums

Linda

Ellen

Monument to the crew members of the fishing trawlers 

 who were lost at sea during Cyclone Bobby, which crossed the coast just east of Onslow in February 1995. Seven lives were lost when the fishing trawlers were sunk off the coast from Onslow. An intensive investigation was conducted into the sinking of the vessels and the deaths of their crews, which found that the vessels had put to sea after cyclone warnings had been given throughout the area.

Lady Pamela & Harmony

Mary

Kuda Laut

Frederick Henry Tetlow

Fred (Frederick Henry) Tetlow

George Raymond Houston

Eero Juhani Tolonen

Houssein

John Moran

Sensation

Sea Witch

Alexander Forbes

John Callaghan

Returner

Harmony

Harmony and Lady Pamela

Frank Bass and John Smith

Hjalmar Lindquist

Alexander Young Smart

Leslie Hubert John Miller

 which were lost at sea during Cyclone Bobby, when it crossed the coast just east of Onslow in February 1995. Seven lives were lost when the fishing trawlers were sunk off the coast from Onslow.

An intensive investigation was conducted into the sinking of the vessels and the deaths of their crews, which found that the vessels had put to sea after cyclone warnings had been given throughout the area.

Carol Lee

Lass of Geraldton

Frederick Martin

Mandrake

Robert Shea and Samuel Miller

Clarence Roy

Miss Odete

Andrews, Johansen and Matterson

West Australian

Adelma

Coolgardie

Fairy Queen

Ethel

A plaque commemorates the deaths of two newsmen killed in a light aircraft crash off Cervantes in 1960. On 28th November that year, Channel 7 news cameraman Keith “Digby” Milner (27) and The West Australian photographer Owen “Willie” Williams (38) were killed when their chartered Cessna crashed into the sea while filming the 82ft freezer boat 

, which had struck a reef. The crew of the boat made it to shore. The Cessna pilot and cadet reporter Allan McIntosh were both injured, but were rescued by another boat. The 

 was later salvaged and taken to Fremantle for repairs. Today the reef is known as Villaret Reef. Re-dedicated by the Surviving Families.

Memorial commemorates John Battersby (19) who died while pearl diving in 1983. John was from Newcastle and disappeared while diving off the 

 which was drift fishing for pearl near Eighty Mile Beach. Six weeks later remnants of his diving gear were found at Lagrange Bay. The coronial inquest into his death determined it to be accidental.

John Battersby

Plaque commissioned by the Cervantes Historical Society, commemorating the loss of the 

 off the coast of Cervantes in 1946. The 

 through the reefs, but was hit by a large wave and took on water, before being hit by a second wave causing her to roll, throwing her six crew into the water.

The Skipper, Luigi Pittorini (47), and five of his crew were drowned. The crewmen were Domenico Cappelluti (53), Giovanni Germinario (43), Silvio Marchese (24), Antonio Marino (31) and Mauro Caputo (21). The shipwright, Len Back, was the only one to survive after being rescued by the 

. The crew were wearing heavy sea overalls and boots and it is believed these may have been responsible for the heavy loss of life. No trace was found of the men, or the 