RP4204 - Replicas
Rapid
Silicone mould of arrow shaft
Site Area Code North West
Number of Items 1
Material Replicas
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4204
ID 14585
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Rapid
An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...