Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands
Wreck of a Korean Fishing vessel, Ebon

A Photo Essay
by Dirk HR Spennemann


The Korean Fishing ran aground on the West Coast of the narrow north-eastern part of Ebon Island

Wave action has pushed the bow section against the island.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Close-up of the bow section. Note the heavily corroded and abraded keel face, suggesting that the bow setion had been scraping over the reef for some time before it toppled over.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Close-up of the bow section. seen from the other side
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

View showing the spatial relationship between the bow section and the stern section nears the reef's edge.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

View of the stern section, seen from the hold
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

View of the stern section, seen from the side. Note the neavy corrosion where the waves crash against the stern.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Close-up of the bow section.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Close-up of the bow section.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)

Close-up of the bow section.
(Photograph © 1989-2001 Dirk HR Spennemann)




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Bibliographic citation for this document

Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2001). Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck of a Korean Fishing vessel, Ebon-- A Photo Essay. URL: http:/marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/History/Ebon_Wreck2.html

CONTACT:
Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia.
e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au


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