SS PERTH 1863-1887
Description
Passenger/Cargo Ship
Construction
Iron with 2 compound engines, 80hp twin screws
Size
499 tons length 58.5m beam 6.8m draft 3.8m
Built
1863 by Lawrence Hill & Co. Glasgow, Scotland
Owner
Adelaide Steamship Company Master: Fred Parkes
Sunk
1887/09/17
Location
Point Cloates, Ningaloo
Latitude/Longitude
(-22.692466667, 113.642266667)
Sinking
Hit Ningaloo Reef and sunk on sailing from Fremantle to Wyndham with passengers and cargo of general goods and 63 passengers
Underwater
Wreckage on top of reef
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