REAL GHOST SHIP -

While we are on the subject of ghosts and ghost ships there is a real mystery that also comes from Broome regarding the mysterious fate of a fishing boat crew.

The High Aim 6 was reported missing by its Taiwanese owners in December 2002.

On January 4th 2003 the ship was sighted off the Western Australian coast with its motor still running but no signs of the crew.

Five days later when it was boarded the engine had stopped and the rudder was locked.

There were still possessions of the crew on board and the hold was full of rotting fish.

No signs of a struggle could be found and the fate of the captain, the engineer and the 10 Indonesian crew remained a mystery.

The ship was towed to Broome and was moored while its fate was decided.

Eventually it was decided that the hull was not suitable to become an artificial reef so the ship was broken up and its remains discarded at the local rubbish tip.

One source does state that one of the crew members was finally located and admitted that the captain and engineer had been murdered by the crew.

Local calls from the engineer’s phone were apparently being made in Indonesia after the ship had been located so it does seem probable that there was a mutiny but the reason for it and the details have never come to light.

The previous year the Taiwanese ship Hairisheng 6 was also found abandoned by the Indonesian navy. 3 of its crew were later arrested and confessed to the murder of the captain and engineer.

High Aim 6 - The Real Ghost Ship

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