The Wreck of the Dorothy S

It has now been almost two years since I was last able to visit the Broad Creek jetty for the first time. Several hospital visits and low tides held me up for the past two years.

I wrote about that previous visit at Broad Creek Jetty and Two Abandoned Vessels

A perfect dodge high tide allowed me to make the trip to the site once more. My main aim in revisiting the site was to locate the remains of both of the shipwrecks to be found there (not including an abandoned yacht.)

With some assistance from Google maps, I plotted the alleged sites for both the Dorothy S and 'No.1 Hulk'. Google maps gave me a little insight as to just where the wrecks might be found.

My kayak buddy and I made it to the far end of Broad Creek where we re-located the old jetty and an abandoned yacht: -

The abandoned yacht

Broad Creek jetty

I got the impression that 'No.1 Hulk' is somewhere in the mangroves near the jetty and yacht. It appeareed that we might have more luck locating the wreck of the Dorothy S due to it being near a small mangrove creek.

We found the creek and explored it for the short accessible distance, without any initial luck at all. Then, as we paddled back out of the creek, I somehow started to pass the wreck up on the bank, and only caught a glimpse of it between the trees.

Mission accomplished, I was able to land my kayak at the bank and photograph the remains of the wreck: -

I had some problems with my previous photos at Broad Creek Jetty and Two Abandoned Vessels. I hope that I have rectified some of those problems here.

According to Garry Keywood: -

Garry also sent this to me: -