BN3798 - Copper/brass
Benan
Porthole- window + frame. Brass - eroded. 1 pin from hinge.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3798
ID 6886
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Benan
he iron ship-rigged Benan (Official Number 70766) was built in Leith, Scotland in
1875 and was owned by Thompson & Co. of Leith (Lloyds Shipping Register 1888-
89). The vessel was en route from Cardiff, Wales to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal
on 23 December 1888, when land was sighted just north of Cape Farquhar. There
was a fresh breeze from the south and the...