Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CY1080 - Unspecified

City of York

Unspecified artefact recovered from City of York

Stone and brick fragments: miscellaneous.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 3

Material Unspecified

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1080

ID 7481

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...