Alert wreck
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Country Built WA
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Port Built Fremantle
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When Built 1867
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Length 14.40
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Beam 4.00
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Draft 1.60
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Engine N
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TONA 19.00
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When Lost 1875/07/22
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Where Lost Murray River Bar
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Sinking Struck River Bar
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Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
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Port From Murray River
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Port To Fremantle
Museum Reference
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wreck Alert
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Protected State
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 52239
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Registration Number 4 of 1867
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File Number 206/80
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Alert |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1875/07/22 |
| Protected | State |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Murray River Bar |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 19.00 |
| Country Built | WA |
| Port Built | Fremantle |
| When Built | 1867 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 52239 |
| Registration Number | 4 of 1867 |
| Length | 14.40 |
| Beam | 4.00 |
| Draft | 1.60 |
| Sinking | Struck River Bar |
| Sunk Code | Wrecked and sunk |
| Port From | Murray River |
| Port To | Fremantle |
| Cargo | Sandelwood |
| Master | John Kelly |
| Owner | J. & H.C. Carter & Co |
| Builder | J.C. Mews |
| File Number | 206/80 |
| Sources | Western Australian Times, 30 July 1875 John Kelly, evidence at Preliminary Inquiry into stranding of Alert, Fremantle, 17 August 1875, C.S.R. 795, fol. 91-2 Richard McKenna Collection 679, WA Maritime Museum |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/alert |