Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

MT2504 - FERROUS

Marten

Iron w/ wood block: unidentified fitting.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 1

Material FERROUS

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2504

ID 24152

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Marten

Marten was built as a two-masted schooner at Yarra Bank, Melbourne. The port of registry was changed from Melbourne to Fremantle in 1874 when George Wilson Robinson, master mariner of Fremantle, bought it from Robert Kennedy. Robinson sold it to John Henry Monger and John Watson on 21 July 1876, and Monger sold his half share to Watson on 1 August 1876. The vessel’s registry was transferred to...