Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CY1078 - Copper/brass

City of York

Rings: copper/brass.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 2

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1078

ID 7480

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

City of York

1 anchor on display Rottnest Island, 1 anchor displayed at Perth Flying Squadron, Nedlands. 4 contemporary images.

A three masted, 68 metre (223 feet) long, iron hulled ship built in 1869 by Glasgow shipbuilders J. Elder and Company. Departed San Francisco under Captain Phillip Jones with a cargo of 743,444 feet of Oregon timber and 3,638 doors. Contemporary of Cutty Sark against...