SS XANTHO 1848-1872

Description:

Screw Steamer, Schooner-rigged (was a Paddle Steamer)

Owner:

Charles Edward Broadhurst Master: Captain Denicke

Construction:

Iron

Sunk:

1872/11/161872/11/16

Size:

6144 tons length 34.7m beam 5.4m draft 2.6m

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.

Built:

1848 by William Denny and Company, Dumbarton, Scotland

Location:

Port Gregory

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.

Longitude:

114.236225

Latitude:

-28.186526667