Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

MH334 - Armament

Mayhill

Armament artefact recovered from Mayhill

Harpoon heads.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 3

Material Armament

Museum Reference

Registration Number 334

ID 12563

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Mayhill

4-masted barque, Hull: Iron and steel Mayhill was built by A. Stephen & Sons at Dundee in Scotland in 1890 for George William Wood. He sold it to W. H. Myers & Sons, Liverpool, in 1893. The framing and stringers were of iron with plating and beams of steel. There were two decks, the upper deck being sheathed with wood. The vessel was under charter to the White Star Line of Aberdeen,...