Mary/ Lugger 3F (1889/02/28)
off Northwest coast, Enderby Island
Cutter-rigged, 1 mast, square stern, 1 deck
Registered as No 3 of 1868 at Fremantle
1868 May First registered at Fremantle as Mary to George Baker of Fremantle, trader
1870 Jan L A Manning
1870 May Louis Samson of Fremantle, gentleman
1871 Nov W D Moore
1872 May Farquhar McRae, Geo Bickford Fauntleroy & Frederick Pearse of Roebourne,
merchants
1879 Aug Sydney John Best, pearler & William McVean, grazier, of Roebourne
18854 May Farquhar McRae & Frederick Pearse of Roebourne, merchants
Supposed to have foundered North-West Coast of the colony in a gale March 1889 not seen since. Register closed.
(Parsons, 1971)
At Enderby Island, McRae and Pearse’s lugger No.3 (or No 3F ), was reported to be a total wreck.15 In another report, an unidentified lugger also owned by McRae and Pearse was said to have been lost and this vessel was likely the cutter Mary, believed to have foundered in the north-west during March 1889 16. It is possible that bothreports referred to the same vessel, with the number designation referring to the cutter’s role within the fleet, and that Mary was lugger No. 3 (Cairns and Henderson 1995: 135).
Ship Built
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
Port Registered Fremantle
When Built 1868
Ship Lost
Gouped Region North-West
Sinking Gale
When Lost 1889/02/28
Where Lost off Northwest coast, Enderby Island
Ship Details
Engine N
Length 11.40
Beam 3.50
TONA 11.58
Draft 1.40
Museum Reference
Official Number 61082
Unique Number 1420
Registration Number 3/1868
Sunk Code Missing without trace
Protected Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Confidential NO