HA1409 - Copper/brass
Hadda
Nails—sheathing. Brass
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Wreck site
Number of Items 13
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1409
ID 10738
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Hadda
Hadda was built in Germany in 1860, and in 1877 was owned by William Johnston of Newcastle, New South Wales. It was under charter to the Melbourne firm of Poole, Picken and Company who were involved in the guano industry. The barque, under the command of Captain John Lewis Parker, with a crew of eleven, was en route from the Lacepede Islands in ballast. Parker was making for Fremantle in...