SARA 1855-1856
Description
2-masted Schooner
Construction
Timber
Size
54 tons length 16.9m beam 5.6m draft 2.7m
Built
1855 by William Owston at Point Preston, Swan River
Owner
William Oston Master: Henry Christians
Sunk
1856/07/17
Location
Mid-way between Gold Digger Passage and Hero Passage, Port Gregory
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.187023, 114.234277)
Sinking
En route from Fremantle to Port Gregory, with cargo of oil and copper ore. After loading, was being towed out by 3 whale-boats when a heavy swell set it on a shoal patch between the Passages. All efforts to salvage failed.
Underwater
Wreck not found