Camel wreck
Camel was the last of the water barges brought to Albany. Sources contradictive.
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Country Built Australia
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Port Built Williamstown, Victoria
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When Built 1861
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Length 25.90
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Beam 6.50
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Draft 3.50
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Engine N
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TONA 137.00
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TONB 117.00
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When Lost 1971/01
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Where Lost Off Emu Point, Albany in Oyster Harbour
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Sinking After colliding with an Avon Dredge
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Sunk Code Burnt
Museum Reference
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wreck Camel
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Protected State
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Found Y
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Inspected Y
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Official Number 101716
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Camel |
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| When Lost | 1971/01 |
| Protected | State |
| Found | Y |
| Inspected | Y |
| Date Inspected | 1991/12/03 |
| Where Lost | Off Emu Point, Albany in Oyster Harbour |
| Latitude Max | -35 |
| Longitude Max | 117.96 |
| Position Information | GPS 2005 |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 137.00 |
| TONB | 117.00 |
| Country Built | Australia |
| Port Built | Williamstown, Victoria |
| When Built | 1861 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 101716 |
| Length | 25.90 |
| Beam | 6.50 |
| Draft | 3.50 |
| Sinking | After colliding with an Avon Dredge |
| Sunk Code | Burnt |
| Owner | Armstrong & Waters, Albany or James Ball, lighterman |
| Builder | W. & G. White of Williamstown |
| Comments | Camel was the last of the water barges brought to Albany. Sources contradictive. |
| Sources | Gordon de L. Marshall, Memories of Maritime Albany, Report – Department of Maritime Archaeology Course 1991 |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/camel |