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HANDWRITTEN MEMO (WHALE LOST AT SEA - BROKEN TAIL)

1964
Subcollections
CBWC Unbound documents
Overview

Two page - Handwrittten Memo on CBWC memo letter head - outlining the events that lead up to to a sperm whale's tail breaking and not being retrieved.

Took 2 whales

Heavy seas

Towed one whale while chasing so they didn’t loose it

Towed whale's tail snapped

Did not retrieve whale

No signature at the bottom of letter - however probably from a Skipper. No Year or Ship mentioned

Historical information

Demonstrates common office procedures and an operational whaling incident from the 1960s.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-128-ACC2022.4
Item type
Documents
Themes
Maritime > Whaling
Material
Paper
Width
240 mm
Height or length
330 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Letterhead:
CHEYNES BEACH WHALING CO. LTD.
INTR OFFICE MOMO

Contextual information

A unique document that provides firsthand information hand written by a employee about an event that occurred in operational whaling in1964.

Keywords
Cheynes Beach Whaling Company
Albany's Historic Whaling Station
Active Whaling
Place made
Torndirrup, WA, Australia
Year
1964
Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Scientific or research significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
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Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Wednesday, 7 October, 2026
Completeness
100
Albany's Historic Whaling Station

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