AR1171 - Coal artefact

Arpenteur Wreck

Ballast stone sample.

  • Material Coal

  • Number of Items 1

  • Site Area Code South Coast

Museum Reference

  • artefact AR1171 - Coal

  • Registration Number 1171

Artefact information

Full information about the Coal
artefact AR1171 - Coal
Ship Arpenteur
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 1171
Description Ballast stone sample.
Material Coal
Number of Items 1
Site Area Code South Coast
Modification date Mon, 2007-03-26
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/ar1171-coal
Map of shipwreck

Arpenteur

The Arpenteur built in Mauritius, owned by William Owen, John Ridley. The Arpenteur cargo was 6 tuns oil, 8 tons flour, tea, sugar, sundries. The Master of the Arpenteur was Captain John Raines, The Arpenteur was lost 1849/11/07 at Cheynes Beach, Hassell Beach.

The brig Arpenteur traded between Mauritius, Singapore and Australian colonial ports including Adelaide, Albany and Fremantle. Returning from a voyage from Mauritius to Adelaide, via Singapore for the English mails, it called in at Hassell Beach to deliver the mails for overland transport to Fremantle, and to take on a cargo of whale oil. While anchored offshore a north-east gale blew the ship...

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