SS Benwood in approximately to of water between Dixie Shoals (to the north) and French Reef (to the south) off of Key Largo, Florida. On April 10, 1942, the crew of the salvage tug "Willet" examined the wreck and determined that the keel of the "Benwood" was broken, and she was a total loss. However, her superstructure and cargo of phosphate rock appear to have been salvaged. Her stern section, once considered a hazard to navigation, seems to have been mostly obliterated by explosions of an unknown type. This salvaging on the ship over the years prompted John Pennekamp Coral Reef State
Shipwrecks of Western Australia Dawn", a former American Whale ship, the wooden whalers "Star", "Lively", "Lady Lyttelton" . The iron hulled SS "Macedon", the composite barque "Lady Elizabeth" and the other Rottnest Island shipwrecks assume considerable prominence as a suite of sites presented in the 'wreck trail', 'wreck access' or 'museum-without-walls' mode. In the modern era and the German auxiliary cruiser "Kormoran", adversaries in World War II, have been the subject of extensive study. They were both found in 2008. This is a listing of all shipwrecks recorded on the WA Museum database. Shipwrecks of Western Australia Over 1400 ships have been wrecked on