FQ2674 - Armament
Fairy Queen
Swivel gun: marked with a Crown and the letters ‘SJS’. Ship cannon
Site Area Code North West
Number of Items 1
Material Armament
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2674
ID 8533
Status Commonwealth
Swivel gun: marked with a Crown and the letters ‘SJS’. Ship cannon
Site Area Code North West
Number of Items 1
Material Armament
Registration Number 2674
ID 8533
Status Commonwealth
ex Rhio.
The 115-ton wooden-hulled two-masted Dutch vessel Rhio was built in Singapore at an unknown date and after being sold to Swan River Colony identities Messrs W.E Marmion, (Aubrey) Brown and Gill in the July of 1875 sailed from there on 3 August 1875 for the north-west pearl fishery. There were 37 divers and crew onboard and one stowaway. One diver was named ‘Sahber’...