SS WINDSOR 1890-1908
Description
Screw Steamer, Blair engines
Construction
Iron with one deck
Size
1853 ton length 95.9m beam 12.4m draft 6.3m
Built
1890 by W Gray & Co., Hartlepool UK
Owner
Watts, Watts & Co., London Master: J H Walters
Sunk
1890/03
Location
Abrolhos, West of Pelsaert Island
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.989513, 113.93053)
Sinking
En route from Fremantle to Hong Kong with cargo of Sandalwood Crew of 37 with 5 drowned
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.
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