VDR5780 - Ballast stone
Ville De Rouen
Ballast brick w label stuck to side.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 1
Material Ballast stone
Museum Reference
Registration Number 5780
ID 112396
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...