Eclipse wreck
Co-ordinates 1' off
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Country Built VIC
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Port Built Footscray
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When Built 1864
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Engine N
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TONA 78.00
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When Lost 1900/12/14
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Where Lost Middle Island
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Sinking Struck reef
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Sunk Code Refloated
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Port From Adelaide
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Port To Esperance
Museum Reference
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wreck Eclipse
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 43142
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File Number 69/72
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Eclipse |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1900/12/14 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Middle Island |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 78.00 |
| Country Built | VIC |
| Port Built | Footscray |
| When Built | 1864 |
| Port Registered | Port Adelaide |
| Official Number | 43142 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Sinking | Struck reef |
| Sunk Code | Refloated |
| Port From | Adelaide |
| Port To | Esperance |
| Cargo | General cargo |
| Master | Captain Wheadon |
| Owner | William Jacob Arnold and Griffith McKay |
| File Number | 69/72 |
| Comments | Co-ordinates 1' off |
| Sources | SRO 430 ITEM-1900/5237 West Australian, 16 December 1898, p. 4a West Australian, 17 December 1900, p. 5b; see also Inquirer same date. |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/eclipse |