FN3589 - Pitch/tar/oil artefact
Fanny Nicholson Wreck
Pitch from FN 3586
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Material Pitch/tar/oil
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Number of Items 1
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Site Area Code South Coast
Museum Reference
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artefact FN3589 - Pitch/tar/oil
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Registration Number 3589
Artefact information
| artefact | FN3589 - Pitch/tar/oil |
|---|---|
| Ship | Fanny Nicholson |
| Status | State |
| Registration Number | 3589 |
| Description | Pitch from FN 3586 |
| Material | Pitch/tar/oil |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Site Area Code | South Coast |
| Modification date | Mon, 2005-07-11 |
| Date Registered | Sun, 1989-01-29 |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/fn3589-pitchtaroil |
Fanny Nicholson
The Fanny Nicholson built in UK, owned by William H. Andrews, of Sydney. The Fanny Nicholson cargo was Oil. The Master of the Fanny Nicholson was Captain Gaffin, the Fanny Nicholson had a crew of 26+. The Fanny Nicholson was lost 1872/11/22 at Frenchman’s Bay, King George Sound.
The Fanny Nicholson was a wooden barque built in Hartlepool, England and arrived in Australia sometime in the 1860s. From 1870 it operated as a whaler based in Hobart and visited Albany in 1870, and on her last voyage departing Hobart in April 1872. The Fanny Nicholson was driven ashore at Goode Beach, in Frenchman’s Bay during a south-easterly gale on December 16, 1872. Seventy tons of sperm oil...
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