Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP4032 - Armament

Rapid

Ship Cannon No.2 - raised 28/1/79.
Type: Armstrong-Frederick pattern.
Calibre: 4 pdr
Marks: George III monogram on second reinforce. Broad Arrow on cascabel.
IC on left trunnion (probably John Cookson of Whitehill, Co. Durham)
Base ring & ogee/Vent field astragal & fillets/first reinforce ring & ogee/second reinforce ring & ogee/Chase astragal & fillets/muzzle astragal & fillets.

Site Area Code North West

Site Location 22/24 - 7m North. Exposed muzzle and cascabel

Number of Items 1

Material Armament

Museum Reference

Registration Number 4032

ID 14421

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Rapid

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...