Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

EU1725 - Copper/brass

Europa

Cylinder and bracket, copper- unidentified.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 2

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1725

ID 8476

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Europa

Europa, originally named Haidee, was an iron barque built by C. Mitchell & Co., Newcastle, England, in 1869 for John Annan Simpson of Leith. According to Lloyd’s Register it was built under Special Survey and of heavier plate than the rules required. Although it had only one deck it was fitted with two tiers of beams.
At some time it was sold to Jean J. Bordes of Bordeaux, France,...