Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

HA60004 - Miscellaneous

Hadda

Stopper: wooden. Part only.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 1

Material Miscellaneous

Museum Reference

Registration Number 60004

ID 10724

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

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...