FQ3518 - Ship's timber
Fairy Queen
Wood sample.
Site Area Code North West
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3518
ID 8536
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Fairy Queen
ex Rhio.
The 115-ton wooden-hulled two-masted Dutch vessel Rhio was built in Singapore at an unknown date and after being sold to Swan River Colony identities Messrs W.E Marmion, (Aubrey) Brown and Gill in the July of 1875 sailed from there on 3 August 1875 for the north-west pearl fishery. There were 37 divers and crew onboard and one stowaway. One diver was named ‘Sahber’...