RP5096 - Textile artefact

Rapid Wreck

Fabric in concretion Linen

  • Material Textile

  • Number of Items 1

  • Site Area Code North West

  • Site Location 16 - 18 S

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  • artefact RP5096 - Textile

  • Registration Number 5096

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artefact RP5096 - Textile
Ship Rapid
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 5096
Description Fabric in concretion Linen
Material Textile
Number of Items 1
Site Area Code North West
Site Location 16 - 18 S
Modification date Thu, 2007-07-12
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/rp5096-textile
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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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