ALEX T BROWN 1903-1917

Alex T Brown under sail, photo: unknown

Description:

Schooner with 4 masts

Owner:

Pat Beakely Mill Co., USA also mentioned Skinner Shipping Co of Pudget Sound

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1917 30 May

Size:

788 ton length 65.1m beam 12.2m depth 4.4m

Underwater:

The site consists of above water line heavy timbers and Keel buried in sand depending on storms and sand movement

Built:

1903 Globe Construction Co. Bollard, Washington USA

Location:

2 Miles North of Yanchep above high water line

Sinking:

The remains of the Alex T. Brown, a 65 m, 788-ton, four-masted wooden schooner (built 1903 in Washington, USA). She was blown ashore in a gale just before midnight on 29–30 May 1917, soon after leaving Fremantle for Manila. Only two four-masted schooners are known wrecks in Australia, and this is the only USA-built example in Australian waters

Longitude:

115.60505

Latitude:

-31.5246