Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Katey
4.5 nm NW of Lacy Island, 50 km south of Ceduna, South Australia
Katey was a built in 1960 and lost on 25/09/1977. Katey was trawling for prawns on the morning of 25 September 1977, about 4.5 nautical miles northwest of Lacy Island, when it began to fill with water. This was possibly caused by one of the otter boards holing the hull, and it quickly sank in about 30 m
CategorySHIPWRECK
Location4.5 nm NW of Lacy Island, 50 km south of Ceduna, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1977
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Katey was trawling for prawns on the morning of 25 September 1977, about 4.5 nautical miles northwest of Lacy Island, when it began to fill with water. This was possibly caused by one of the otter boards holing the hull, and it quickly sank in about 30 m
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