Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
RP2987 - Ship's fittings
Rapid
Eye bolt.
Site Area Code North West
Site Location 40-42 S/3-8 m (Iron concretion. scattered in this area)
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's fittings
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2987
ID 13388
Status Commonwealth
An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...
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