SS XANTHO 1848-1872
Description
Screw Steamer, Schooner-rigged (was a Paddle Steamer)
Construction
Iron
Size
6144 tons length 34.7m beam 5.4m draft 2.6m
Built
1848 by William Denny and Company, Dumbarton, Scotland
Owner
Charles Edward Broadhurst Master: Captain Denicke
Sunk
1872/11/161872/11/16
Location
Port Gregory
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.186526667, 114.236225)
Sinking
En route from Port Gregory to Fremantle with a cargo of lead ore. Overloaded, its hull badly corroded and its deck planking opened by the sun, Xantho began to take on water. Returning to Port Gregory it struck a sandbar and sank.
Underwater
Located in 5m depth. Depending on tides and sand movement the wreck can completely covered. Forgotten until 1979 when, with the aid of local fishermen, the wreck was located by the Maritime Archaeological Association of Western Australia.
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