Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BN3800 - Bricks

Benan

Brick in concretion.Samples

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 3

Material Bricks

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3800

ID 6888

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

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...