Eva (unknown)
Jetty at Point Direction, North Fremantle
Eva was an unpowered wooden barge and lighter built by W. & S. Lawrence in 1897 used to convey cargoes between ship and shore in Fremantle, and between Fremantle and Perth. Initially registered at Fremantle in 1907 to Melbourne company McIllwraith and McEacharn Co. Ltd., it’s registration closed in 1944 when the new owner Mr A. E. Manolois bought the barge to be scuttled and used as a cheap slipway where it now lies. Approximately 20m x 5m in area, the shipwreck of the Eva is now located in a marina under a jetty at Point Direction in North Fremantle area, after failed attempts to remove it (Scrimshaw 1981:4).
Noted on Landgate Metro Mosaic 1965
Reported Kevin Edwards Dec 2014
Formally Unidentified Wreck No. 1 Swan River
Ship Built
Owner McIllwraith & McEacharn Co.Ltd, Melbourne
Builder W. & S. Lawrence
Country Built WA
Port Built Perth
Port Registered Fremantle
When Built 1897
Ship Lost
Gouped Region Metro
When Lost unknown
Where Lost Jetty at Point Direction, North Fremantle
Latitude -32.0325679
Longitude 115.7606379
Position Information GPS2010
Ship Details
Engine N
Length 29.20
Beam 7.60
TONA 50.84
TONB 40.24
Draft 2.50
Museum Reference
Official Number 120032
Unique Number 272
Registration Number 8/1907
File Number 2010/0034/SG _MA-69/72
Protected Unknown
Found Y
Inspected N
Confidential NO