ALEX T BROWN 1903-1907

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:

30 May 1917

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:

On 30 May 1917, Alex T. Brown (Captain Walter H. Meyers) was on voyage from Fremantle to Puget Sound in ballast, via Manila with a crew of 11, when she was blown ashore in a heavy gale 2 miles North of Yanchep (or 2 miles south of Wreck Point).

Longitude:

115.60505

Latitude:

-31.5246