JESSIE EDWARDS 1883
Description
Pearling Cutter
Construction
Timber
Size
33 tons
Built
1883 by Fred Jones, Fremantle (Also built Annie Agnes)
Owner
Charlie Edwards of Geraldton Master Richard Gryffid Johns
Sunk
1883/05/28
Location
On beach south end of Jurien Bay
Latitude/Longitude
(-30.311167, 115.023506)
Sinking
En route from Fremantle to Shark Bay on delivery voyage. Five months later a wreck full of sand was discovered on the beach at the south end of Jurien Bay. It was identified as the Jessie Edwards, split down the centreline and the mast was broken off.
Underwater
Wreck not found