Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

EU1727 - Coal

Europa

Coal

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 1

Material Coal

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1727

ID 8478

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Europa

Europa, originally named Haidee, was an iron barque built by C. Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, England, in 1869 for John Annan Simpson of Leith. According to Lloyd’s Register it was built under Special Survey and of heavier plate than the rules required. Although it had only one deck it was fitted with two tiers of beams.
At some time it was sold to Jean J. Bordes of Bordeaux, France,...