SS Wyola was a 306 GRT steam tug built in 1912 by JT Eltringham & Co of South Shields, England[1] for the Swan River Shipping Company of Western Australia.
[5] While being delivered to Fremantle, Wyola was sent to rescue the barque Concordia, which had been grounded by a cyclone that hit Depuch Island in early 1912.
[6] On 13 June 1920 Wyola sailed from Fremantle Harbour into a storm to rescue the steamship Kingsmere, which had lost her rudder while crossing the Great Australian Bight.
[7] On 5 January 1921 Wyola arrived in Carnarvon, WA to rescue the State Shipping Service of Western Australia steamship Kwinana, which was on fire.
Her remains are buried in the sand at CY O'Connor Beach in North Coogee, with some of her stern still visible.