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The Gudrun Wreck Site
From http://www.sharkbay.org/marine_enviroment/page_27.htm
The mystery surrounding the location of the wrecked Norwegian barque Gudrun was solved 88 years after her sinking in 1901 when Paul Anderson, a Canadian studying dugongs in Shark Bay, found her on the sand flats north of Cape Peron. Professor Andersons find in June 1989 of the largest intact and undisturbed wooden wreck on the Western Australian coast has led to a sanctuary zone being declared to preserve the wreck, the marine life it attracts and the surrounding waters. Built from tough and endurable larch in 1880 by Charland of Quebec, Canada, the 966 ton barque was first named Braidwood by her Liverpool owner, J Roberts, before being sold in 1890 to Norwegian Matthias Hansen and renamed Gudrun, an old Norse female name. Gudrun was registered under the c...