Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

VDR3255 - Coal

Ville De Rouen

Coke lump

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 1

Material Coal

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3255

ID 17475

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Ville de Rouen

4-masted barque

Built by Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire at St Nazaire in France, the Ville de Rouen had one deck, a raised quarter deck and one bulkhead. There were however two tiers of deck beams. The vessel was one of the French Bounty ships (see Glossary), and was owned in Rouen by A. Prentout-Leblond and E. Boniface. The barque had sailed from Cardiff on 25 July 1901, under...