Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CV3367 - Marine

Cervantes

Marine artefact recovered from Cervantes

Baler shell fragment + worn shells

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 3

Material Marine

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3367

ID 7440

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Cervantes

Cervantes was originally built as a whaling brig with one deck, square stern and a billet head. It was copper fastened and had a coppered bottom. It was built in 1836 in Bathe, Maine, and registered in that port on 4 October 1836. The vessel’s owners were Richard McManus of Brunswick and Frederic G. Thurston of New York. The vessel was subsequently owned by a consortium consisting of...