Nor 6

Nor 6 was a prawn trawler that sank on 25 April 1963 after a collision with the Zuytdorp Cliffs off the coast of Western Australia. The crew of the ship, on her maiden voyage, consisted of skipper Jack Drinan as well as Ron Poole and Barry Allen, both from Brisbane, and Tony Romasanta from South Fremantle. At the time of sinking, 5 am, three of the four crew members, including the skipper, were asleep, with Poole at the helm of the vessel. After a five day search, the wreck of the trawler was found 19 kilometres (12 mi) south of False Entrance Point by an aircraft of the Nor-West Whaling company, without any sign of the crew. Drinan, however, survived the sinking of the trawler and was able to reach a floating ice box from the boat, breaking a hole into the box. Drinan claimed to have heard the other crew members shouting for him from the shore at the time of sinking. Drinan survived on 20 oranges, nine raw eggs and by licking water from the lid of the ice box for the next 14 days. With a shovel and hammer as his only tools, he cut the lid of the ice box in half to obtain a raft. An initial attempt to reach the shore on the small raft on the fourteenth day failed but he made another attempt the following day. Drinan reached the shore at the south passage lighthouse, not far from where Nor 6 sunk, but was unable to find any food or help. He returned to sea with his raft and was

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