RP5762 - Stoneware artefact

Rapid Wreck

Stoneware pottery sherd

  • Material Stoneware

  • Number of Items 1

  • Site Area Code North West

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  • artefact RP5762 - Stoneware

  • Registration Number 5762

Artefact information

Full information about the Stoneware
artefact RP5762 - Stoneware
Ship Rapid
Registration Number 5762
Description Stoneware pottery sherd
Material Stoneware
Number of Items 1
Site Area Code North West
Modification date Mon, 2009-12-14
Date Registered Fri, 2009-08-28
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/rp5762-stoneware
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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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