MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 1843-1855

Description:

3-masted Barque

Owner:

Thomas Sleddon Master: Captain Buxey

Construction:

Timber sheathed yellow metal

Sunk:

1855/02/07

Size:

256 tons length 28.7 beam 6.6m draft 4.7m

Underwater:

The wreck has not been located, but a magnetic anomaly found in line with a large anchor on the reef, may possibly be the location of the wreck. Presently buried by the shifting sands within Port Gregory.

Built:

1843 in Sunderland, Liverpool

Location:

Port Gregory

Sinking:

En route from Fremantle to Singapore with cargo of horses and lead ore, 34 passengers and 13 crew. Foundered on a sand bank, with anchor dragging, in a gale off Port Gregory. All crew and horses were saved.

Longitude:

114.250790

Latitude:

-28.196498