BN5439 - Copper/brass
Benan
Ornate base possibly compass holder, plus one fragment detached.
Site Area Code North West
Site Location In first sand gully up from the stern, port side of wreck
Number of Items 2
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 5439
ID 111771
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...
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