Bessie wreck

  • Country Built TAS

  • Port Built Penguin Creek

  • When Built 1867

  • Length 15.50

  • Beam 4.60

  • Draft 1.80

  • Engine N

  • TONA 27.00

  • When Lost 1882/03/08

  • Where Lost Off Cossack

  • Sinking Foundered in cylone

  • Sunk Code Foundered

Museum Reference

  • wreck Bessie

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 32262

  • File Number 443/71

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Bessie
wreck Bessie
When Lost 1882/03/08
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Off Cossack
Engine N
TONA 27.00
Country Built TAS
Port Built Penguin Creek
When Built 1867
Port Registered Fremantle In 1874
Official Number 32262
Length 15.50
Beam 4.60
Draft 1.80
Sinking Foundered in cylone
Sunk Code Foundered
Owner Clarkson brothers, pastoralists of Maitland River
File Number 443/71
Sources West Australian 12 may 1882, p. 3b and 31 March 1882, p. 3g
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/bessie