ATB4141 - Ship's timber
Alex T. Brown
Deadwood timbers: softwood timber w/ knots, wood and iron fastenings.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Found in sand dunes between Yanchep and Two Rocks c. 2 km south of Alex T. Brown plaque. Found Feb/March 1998.
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4141
ID 26497
Alex T. Brown was a 788-ton, wooden 4-masted wooden schooner built by the Globe Construction Co. in Ballard, Puget Sound, Washington, USA. Owned by the Pat Beakely Mill Co., USA and bound from Fremantle to Manila in ballast under Master Walter H. Meyers (or Myers), the schooner was blown ashore north of Perth during a gale about midnight on 29th May 1917. The tug Wyola was dispatched to...
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