The keel and a line of encrusted ribs lay on a sandy bottom and are usually completely covered in dense weed.
Built:
1835 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, U.K.
Location:
Near Phillip Rock, Thomson Bay, approximately 300 metres southeast of Kingston Reef
Sinking:
On 18 May 1876, Gem with Capt. Wilcock was on voyage from Port Irwin to Fremantle with a cargo of 500 bags of wheat and 4 passengers and a crew of 7, when she was lost off Phillip Rock. 11 died. A cover-up by the harbour-master was suggested because of the discrepancies in the information he gave about the vessel’s position.
