Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

VDR3256 - Copper/brass

Ville De Rouen

Pulley wheel, w/ iron bearings - brass.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 1

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3256

ID 17476

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Ville de Rouen

4-masted barque

Built by Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire at St Nazaire in France, the Ville de Rouen had one deck, a raised quarter deck and one bulkhead. There were however two tiers of deck beams. The vessel was one of the French Bounty ships (see Glossary), and was owned in Rouen by A. Prentout-Leblond and E. Boniface. The barque had sailed from Cardiff on 25 July 1901, under...