Wreck of SS FEDERAL
Event Date21 March 1901
Event DescriptionOn 21 March 1901, collier SS FEDERAL was on a run from Port Kembla to Albany when it was lost in a storm off Gabo Island, carrying 3,486 tonnes of coal. Although the lighthouse keeper at Gabo Island saw the ship on a perilous course, he had no way to communicate with the Everard station further down the coast.
SS FEDERAL continued to hug the coast far off the recommended southwest course and came to grief on submerged rocks in a storm, with the loss of 31 crew members.
SS FEDERAL continued to hug the coast far off the recommended southwest course and came to grief on submerged rocks in a storm, with the loss of 31 crew members.