Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP4243AB - Cargo

Rapid

Barrel, salt meat. Lid marked: E & A. W...TERS, MESS BEEF, BOSTON MASS...’
a) 17 barrel staves; b) lid in 3 pieces ; c) base in 2 pieces; and d) hoop (withys) fragments

Site Area Code North West

Site Location 20-22N

Number of Items 1

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Registration Number 4243

ID 14621

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...

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RP4243AB - Cargo

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