FN3587 - Ship's timber
Fanny Nicholson
Rib- wood sample
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3587
ID 8522
Status State
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Fanny Nicholson
Fanny Nicholson was built under special survey in Hartlepool, County Durham, with one deck, a poop deck, an elliptical stern and a woman figurehead. The vessel was copper fastened, and sheathed with felt and yellow metal. Damage repairs were made to the barque in 1856 and 1861. It had initially sailed from Liverpool on the South American run, but was brought to Australia in the 1860s. By...