Dona Elsie wreck

One of 24 luggers lost in this cyclone

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1900

  • Length 10.40

  • Beam 3.50

  • Draft 1.00

  • Engine N

  • TONA 13.61

  • TONB 17.81

  • When Lost 1935/03/26

  • Where Lost Lacepede Islands

  • Sinking During cyclone

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

Museum Reference

  • wreck Dona Elsie

  • Protected Not protected

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 114470

  • Registration Number 21 of 1902; B64, B65, B363, B424, B4, B43, B58, B185, B40, B68

  • File Number 7/78

  • Chart Number 1048, 323, 1207

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Dona Elsie
wreck Dona Elsie
When Lost 1935/03/26
Protected Not protected
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Lacepede Islands
Engine N
TONA 13.61
TONB 17.81
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1900
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 114470
Registration Number 21 of 1902; B64, B65, B363, B424, B4, B43, B58, B185, B40, B68
Length 10.40
Beam 3.50
Draft 1.00
Sinking During cyclone
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Owner Alfred Ernest James, Broome
Builder A. E. Brown
File Number 7/78
Chart Number 1048, 323, 1207
Comments One of 24 luggers lost in this cyclone
Sources HMC 87/3 McKenna Collection 681, WA Maritime Museum
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/dona-elsie