Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

XA506D-H - Textile

Xantho

Textile artefact recovered from Xantho

Packing rings w/ canvas bindings (gaskets), D nearest gland G wider and shaped, H smaller rope : from Aft cylinger Forward gland

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 5

Material Textile

Museum Reference

Registration Number 506

ID 24366

Status State

Map of shipwreck

Xantho

Built in 1848 as a paddle steamer by the Denny Shipbuilding Company, used by the Anstruther and Leith Steamship Company for crossings of the Firth of Forth between Leith and Aberdour. In 1860, sold and relocated to Scarborough. In July 1864, sold again, and its register transferred to Wick, from where it was permitted to take excursions to sea.
In early 1871, PS Xantho was sold to the...