SS WINDSOR 1890-1908

Description:

Screw Steamer, Blair engines

Owner:

Watts, Watts & Co., London Master: J H Walters

Construction:

Iron with one deck

Sunk:

1890/03

Size:

1853 ton length 95.9m beam 12.4m draft 6.3m

Underwater:

The site is subject to heavy seas and normally only accessible when there is little or no swell. The Windsor’s iron boiler, reaches a height of 4m above the reef. There is wreckage of engine, rudder and propeller spread over the reef and in the lagoon beyond.

Built:

1890 by W Gray & Co., Hartlepool UK

Location:

Abrolhos, West of Pelsaert Island

Sinking:

En route from Fremantle to Hong Kong with cargo of Sandalwood Crew of 37 with 5 drowned

Longitude:

113.93053

Latitude:

-28.989513