Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CY1084 - Copper/brass

City of York

Pipe: copper w/ resin inside and possibly rubber and fabric coated.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1084

ID 7484

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...