LANCIER (1834 -1839)

Barque Belzoni entering Harbour of Port Louis Mauritius 1827

Description:

3 masted Barque

Owner:

Salome Hypolite Giguel Master: Captain Durocher

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

25th August 1839

Size:

285 tons length 29.6m.breath 7.3m

Underwater:

Little remains of the structure of the vessel as a result of prevalent weather conditions which expose the reef to swell and surge. The depth range 7 to 8 metres with wreck on a sandy bottom spread over 25 metres length.

Built:

1834 by Crook and Naz, Port Louis, Mauritius

Location:

Mewstone Reef near Rottnest Island

Sinking:

On Voyage from Mauritius to Hobart intending to call into Fremantle, Captain attempted passage in without a pilot vessel struck a submerged rock with such violence sank by the stern, all hands abandoned her as a total wreck. About £ 7000 in specie is said to have been lost. No official reports mention this and appear to be just rumours. Many post-war expeditions to locate the wreck and its lost gold resulted in no results even the nearby wreck Zedora being wrongly disturbed

Longitude:

115.633525

Latitude:

-32.079841667