Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RIP3612 - Animal

Rip

Bone: whale.

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 1

Material Animal

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3612

ID 12957

Map of shipwreck

Rip

Rip was a schooner almost identical to the famous racing yacht America. Built by Francis Smith at Cedar Point in New Brunswick, the Rip arrived in Melbourne on 2 May 1860, 122 days out from Canada. After registering the schooner at Melbourne the owners, Lorimer, Mackie and Rome, sold it only two days later to the Port Phillip Sea Pilots for £4 528. They bought it as a replacement for their...