Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

MAN3669 - Armament

Mandalay

Armament artefact recovered from Mandalay

Barrel of Winchester rifle: iron (1893).

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 1

Material Armament

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3669

ID 12509

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Mandalay

The iron barque Mandalay was built by Russel & Company (Yard No. 28), and launched on 6 August 1880 for W. & J. Crawford. It had one deck, two tiers of beams, one bulkhead and was cemented. The vessel had a poop 9.14 m long and a forecastle of the same length. In 1883 it was purchased by Anderson, Webster & Company of Glasgow. In 1903 the barque was sold to Messrs G.C. Brovig and...