Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

AW4112 - General

Awhina

Diesel engine instruction book from the Awhina.

Site Area Code South Coast

Site Location Awhina

Number of Items 1

Material General

Museum Reference

Registration Number 4112

ID 25672

Map of shipwreck

Awhina

Awhina was sold to the Tug Boat Company Ltd of Auckland in 1887, and then to joint owners, Edwin Alfred Mitchell, Andrew Dalton and William Henry Baker, of New South Wales in 1891. John Bateman of Fremantle purchased the vessel on 2 June 1900, when it was then first registered at Fremantle (No. 11/1900). There were a number of subsequent Western Australian owners. Awhina Steamship Co. Ltd...