WAR1807 - Copper/brass
Waratah
Porthole, brass
Number of Items 1
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1807
ID 17501
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Waratah
Waratah was built by Edwin A. Jack of Launceston, Tasmania, of tallow wood (Eucalyptus microcorys) and kauri (Agathis australis) as a steam launch fitted with a two cylinder compound steam engine of 5 NHP. On 15 January 1897 it was sold to the Western Australian Government for the Fisheries Department. It changed hands again in 1906, becoming the property of the Police Department. In 1909...