Albert wreck

RAN Hydrographic Department database 16°51 122°08.5

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Perth

  • When Built 1861

  • Length 13.80

  • Beam 4.40

  • Draft 1.70

  • Engine N

  • TONA 23.00

  • When Lost 1880/01/31

  • Where Lost Lacepedes Islands

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

Museum Reference

  • wreck Albert

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 36544

  • File Number 7/78

  • Chart Number 1207

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Albert
wreck Albert
When Lost 1880/01/31
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Lacepedes Islands
Position Information RAN Hydrographic Department
Engine N
TONA 23.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Perth
When Built 1861
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 36544
Length 13.80
Beam 4.40
Draft 1.70
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Cargo Shell
Owner F. McRae, G. Fauntleroy and F. Pearce of Roebourne
File Number 7/78
Chart Number 1207
Comments RAN Hydrographic Department database 16°51 122°08.5
Sources Register of British Ships, Fremantle J.W.Clifton to Col. Sec., 22 April 1881, C.S.O. 1309/1881, fol. 88 Journal of P.C. Thomson, 23 August 1867, Police Files, Acc.No.129, Battye Library. Inquirer, 7 August 1867 Inquirer, 9 October 1867 Henderson, G. & Henderson K.J. 1988 Unfinished Voyages Western Australian Shipwrecks 1851-1880. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands.
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/albert-1