Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Osprey (1887/04/22)

Six miles west of pearling grounds

Ship Built

Owner Thomas Littlejohn (or Scott, Henderson & Co?)

Master Captain John Alexander Graves

Builder Ephraim Ward

Country Built NSW

Port Built Balmain

Port Registered Sydney

When Built 1882

Ship Lost

Grouped Region North-West

Sinking Cyclone

Deaths Y

When Lost 1887/04/22

Where Lost Six miles west of pearling grounds

Port To Off North West Coast

Cargo Pearl. shell

Ship Details

Engine N

Length 15.70

Beam 4.30

TONA 23.00

Draft 1.90

Museum Reference

Official Number 83723

Unique Number 306

Registration Number 11/1882

Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

File Number 4/79

Chart Number 327

Protected Protected Federal

Found N

Inspected N

Confidential NO