Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP4206 - Armament

Rapid

Ship Cannon No. 5.
Type: Armstrong-Frederick pattern
Calibre: 4 pdr
Marks: Monogram (George III ?) on second reinforce.
Wt: 7.0.9 (7 cwt 0 qr 9 lb)
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 20 - 22 B

Number of Items 1

Material Armament

Museum Reference

Registration Number 4206

ID 14587

Status Commonwealth

Artefacts

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...

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