Charity wreck

  • Country Built NSW

  • Port Built Sydney

  • When Built 1887

  • Length 11.10

  • Beam 3.30

  • Draft 1.50

  • Engine N

  • TONA 9.75

  • When Lost 1887/04/22

  • Where Lost 200-300 miles Northeast of Cossack

  • Sinking Cyclone

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Port Darwin

  • Port To Eighty Mile Beach

Museum Reference

  • wreck Charity

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 93545

  • File Number 443/71

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Charity
wreck Charity
When Lost 1887/04/22
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost 200-300 miles Northeast of Cossack
Engine N
TONA 9.75
Country Built NSW
Port Built Sydney
When Built 1887
Port Registered Sydney
Official Number 93545
Length 11.10
Beam 3.30
Draft 1.50
Deaths Y
Sinking Cyclone
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Port Darwin
Port To Eighty Mile Beach
Master Captain John Turnbull
File Number 443/71
Sources West Australian, 29 April 1887, pp. 2f, 3a, b CSO 3841/1887
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/charity