Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

EL - Shilling (1835)

Elizabeth

 Shilling

Coin Heritage

Soverign Issuer George IV

Coin TypeShilling

Country of OriginGreat Britain

Date 1835

Coin Details

Weight 4.36g

Museum Reference

Map of shipwreck

Elizabeth

Driven ashore in a gale. Lies at the foot of Warton Road Cottesloe. Normally buried in sand. Wreckage is visible between the shore and an outlying reef. A cannon, one of a number on board remains at the SW corner of the reef. Others were recovered in the 1960s.