FAIRY QUEEN-1875
Mary Celeste two-masted Brigintine
Description
Brigantine two-masted ex Dutch vessel Rhio
Construction
Timber
Size
115 tons length 100.2m beam 14.2m draft 7.7m
Built
by unknown in Singapore
Owner
Messers Marmion, Brown and Gill Captian: Andrew Edgar
Sunk
1875/10/08
Location
Exmouth N W Cape
Latitude/Longitude
(-21.81715114, 189.116667)
Sinking
While sailing from Singapore in August 1875 on a pearling expedition to the NorthWest. On October 12, it was wrecked in heavy seas on the northeast side of the Cape. The wreck, which lies just south of the US Navy jetty, is mostly covered with sand, but at times has been exposed.
Underwater
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