WILD WAVE 1858-1875Two-masted Pearling Schooner
Description
Two-masted Pearling Schooner
Construction
Timber built as ketch, 1864 converted to schooner
Size
28 tons length 15.4m beam 4.6m draft 2m
Built
1858 at Fremantle
Owner
Aubrey Brown and Charles Gill Master: Watson
Sunk
1875/12/24
Location
Exmouth on a reef at the bottom of the Gulf, east side
Latitude/Longitude
(-22.423322, 114.353703)
Sinking
Ran aground in Cyclone. Owner, Master and 28 Malays drowned. One white man and 13 natives rescued by other ships in the area. Reported Herald 29 January1876.
Underwater
Wreck not yet Located