RP4061 - Glass artefact

Rapid Wreck

Bottle fragments: dark glass; 1 base, 1 neck w/ cork and 3 glass in concretion.

  • Material Glass

  • Number of Items 65

  • Site Area Code North West

  • Site Location 24/26

Museum Reference

  • artefact RP4061 - Glass

  • Registration Number 4061

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artefact RP4061 - Glass
Ship Rapid
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 4061
Description Bottle fragments: dark glass; 1 base, 1 neck w/ cork and 3 glass in concretion.
Material Glass
Number of Items 65
Site Area Code North West
Site Location 24/26
Modification date Tue, 2007-06-19
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/rp4061-glass
Map of shipwreck

Rapid

The Rapid built in USA. The Rapid cargo was Coins, 280.000 silver dollars. The Rapid was lost 1811/01/07 at Ningaloo Reef.

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 Good Hope, sailed...

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