Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

XA5762 - Copper/brass

Xantho

Copper alloy pipe, broken at one end, flange head at the other end. Four corroded bolts still in holes of flange head. Nine pieces of concretion flaked off from the inside of pipe.

Site Area Code Mid-West

Number of Items 14

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 5762

ID 112353

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...