Ashburton wreck
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Country Built Australia
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Port Built Fremantle
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When Built 1883
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Length 14.10
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Beam 4.00
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Draft 1.70
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TONA 24.43
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When Lost 1919/12
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Where Lost Mary Island, Vansittart Bay
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Sinking Drifted onto anchor after stripped by Culari locals
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Port From Broome
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Port To Mineral prospecting
Museum Reference
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wreck Ashburton
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Official Number 75315
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Registration Number No 3 of 1883 at Fremantle
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Ashburton |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1919/12 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Where Lost | Mary Island, Vansittart Bay |
| TONA | 24.43 |
| Country Built | Australia |
| Port Built | Fremantle |
| When Built | 1883 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 75315 |
| Registration Number | No 3 of 1883 at Fremantle |
| Length | 14.10 |
| Beam | 4.00 |
| Draft | 1.70 |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Sinking | Drifted onto anchor after stripped by Culari locals |
| Port From | Broome |
| Port To | Mineral prospecting |
| Master | Gustav Ulbrich |
| Owner | Gustav Ulbrich |
| Builder | Robert Howson |
| Sources | Western Mail 16 December 1920 NorWest Echo 4 September 1920 NorWest Echo 2 October 1920 Daily News 13 December 1920 British Register of Shipping, Fremantle Western Australian Police Gazette 1 December 1920, Apprehensions List, Battye Library. Drysdale River Mission Diary, NNA00954. Benedictine Community of New Norcia (part reprinted in Dickson 2003) Dickson, R. 2003 Voyage of No Importance. Hesperian Press, Western Australia Perez, Father Eugene, 1977 Kalumbaru: The Benedictine Mission and the Aborigines 1908-1975, Kalumburu Benedictine Mission (see p37). |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/ashburton |