Arcadia wreck

  • Country Built Norway

  • Port Built Tvedestrand

  • When Built 1891

  • Length 43.80

  • Beam 10.40

  • Draft 4.80

  • Engine N

  • TONA 571.00

  • When Lost 1900/04/25

  • Where Lost Hamelin Bay, 50 yds from South side Hamelin Jetty

  • Sinking Gale, blown in shore while anchored

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Hamelin Bay

  • Port To Port Natal

Museum Reference

  • wreck Arcadia

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • File Number 196/75

  • Chart Number 1472

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Arcadia
wreck Arcadia
When Lost 1900/04/25
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Hamelin Bay, 50 yds from South side Hamelin Jetty
Engine N
TONA 571.00
Country Built Norway
Port Built Tvedestrand
When Built 1891
Port Registered Risöe
Length 43.80
Beam 10.40
Draft 4.80
Crew 10
Sinking Gale, blown in shore while anchored
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Hamelin Bay
Port To Port Natal
Cargo Timber
Master K.V. Halvorsen
Owner Actielskabet 'Arcadia' J.M.A. Marcussen
File Number 196/75
Chart Number 1472
Sources West Australian, 24 March 1900, p. 4a West Australian, 26 April 1900, p. 5i Western Australian Statistical Register, 1900
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/arcadia