Diana wreck

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Teignmouth, Devon

  • When Built 1860

  • Length 33.60

  • Beam 7.20

  • Draft 5.50

  • Engine N

  • TONA 224.00

    Map of Diana
  • When Lost 1878/07/16

  • Where Lost Cockburn Sound Owens Anchorage

  • Sinking At anchor

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Port Natal

  • Port To Fremantle

Museum Reference

  • wreck Diana

  • Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected Y

  • Official Number 28766

  • File Number 20/80

  • Chart Number AUS 117

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Diana
wreck Diana
When Lost 1878/07/16
Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 2000/MMcC; 1991/10
Where Lost Cockburn Sound Owens Anchorage
Latitude Max -32.1
Longitude Max 115.76
Position Information DGPS WGS84 (28/04/99)
Engine N
TONA 224.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Teignmouth, Devon
When Built 1860
Port Registered Aberystwyth, Wales
Official Number 28766
Length 33.60
Beam 7.20
Draft 5.50
Sinking At anchor
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Port Natal
Port To Fremantle
Cargo Ballast
Master Captain Humphrey Humphreys
Owner Mrs E. Edwards
File Number 20/80
Chart Number AUS 117
Sources Inquirer, 10 July and 31 July 1878 Minutes of a Preliminary Court Inquiry to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the Diana, C.S.R. file 52/1878 Kenderdine, S., 1995, Shipwrecks 1656-1942: A guide to historic wreck sites of Perth. Report - Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian Maritime Museum, No. 99.
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/diana