UNID steam boat (1832)
Off Carnac Island
Henry Willey Reveley, Colonial Engineer,1829-1838, had a ten ton sailing boat built for him of jarrah planking, maybe by Ferres, for the purposes of trading (presumably on the Swan), some time c. 1832-33. It was wrecked by the captain off Carnac, as he told a friend, 'on a fine summer's day, with a fair wind', most likely in 1833.
Seemingly Reveley (who was a distant relative of the poet Shelley) had toyed with building a steam ship for the purpose of trade between Genoa and Livorno.
Ship Built
Owner Henry Willey Reveley, Colonial Engineer
Builder Ferres?
Country Built Australia
Ship Lost
Grouped Region Metro
When Lost 1832
Where Lost Off Carnac Island
Port From Fremantle
Port To Fremantle
Ship Details
Engine steam engine type unknown
TONA 10.00
Museum Reference
Unique Number 1676
Found N
Inspected N