FQ3520 - Coal
Fairy Queen
Coal fragment.
Site Area Code North West
Number of Items 1
Material Coal
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3520
ID 8528
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Fairy Queen
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’...