OLEANDER 1861-1884
Description
Barque
Construction
Timber
Size
353 tons length 35.7m beam 8.3m draft 5.2m
Built
1861 by Haswell in Sunderland, UK
Owner
Alfred Rixen & Co Captain: James Joass
Sunk
1884/03/01
Location
48 Km off Wedge Island
Latitude/Longitude
(-30.843686, 114.602749)
Sinking
En route from Shark Bay to Hamburg with cargo of Guano. In heavy seas vessel began to leak and pumps could not cope. Vessel was abandoned and sunk. Crew manned boats and arrived on shore without loss of life.
Underwater
Lost in deep water. Wreck never been found