Ballast stones: 1 large and 1 small.
Site Area Code North West
Site Location Land material found in area 180 deg. of wreck site
Number of Items 2
Material Ballast stone
Registration Number 3861
ID 14251
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...