CE1013 - Copper/brass
Centaur
Sheeting YM, crumpled. Accordioned perhaps on vessels impact on reef.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1013
ID 7153
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Centaur
Built Aberdeen 1849, used there until 1866. Worked Champion Bay to Melbourne in the 1870s Carrying lead ore, 9 crew and four passengers en route Champion Bay to Fremantle got too close inshore. Struck reef in strong southerly. An early iron vessel, contemporary of iron hulled SS Xantho and SS Georgete.