Chain plate, upper link only + wood w/ iron stain & possible bolt hole(wood in MAC-046, Tray 13)
Site Area Code North West
Site Location Unspecified
Number of Items 2
Material Ship's fittings
Registration Number 3891
ID 14280
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...