AR1167 - Copper/brass
Arpenteur
Fastening spike section: square.
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 1
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1167
ID 25727
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Arpenteur
Arpenteur was a brig owned by William Owen and John Ridley, having been purchased in December 1847 at Port Louis, Mauritius. It had a square stern, a billet head and no galleries, and was registered at Adelaide in 1848 (No. 10/1848). It was carrying eagerly awaited mail from England which had been collected at Singapore and was to be offloaded at Fremantle. However, bad weather resulted in...