Glenbank shipwreck: Finnish vessel that sank off coast of Western Australia in 1911 found

Western Australian Museum says discovery tells tale of global trade at turn of century

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When the cargo ship Glenbank foundered in a hurricane off the coast of Western Australia in 1911, there was just one survivor.

Antle Kitala, a Finnish sailor, was in the rigging with the third mate when “disaster occurred almost in a moment”, according to the West Australian’s 13 February report.

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