Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

WAR1851 - Fittings

Waratah

Dead eye w/ iron band.

Number of Items 1

Material Fittings

Museum Reference

Registration Number 1851

ID 17505

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...