EU3266 - Lead
Europa
Bottle cap, fragment. Lead with traces of tin.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 5
Material Lead
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3266
ID 8464
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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,...