Eddystone wreck

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Stockton-on-Tees

  • When Built 1886

  • Length 84.70

  • Beam 11.00

  • Draft 6.10

  • Engine 3 cyl. Triple Expansion steam engine, 200hp

  • TONA 2040.00

  • TONB 1313.00

    Map of Eddystone
  • When Lost 1894/09/11

  • Where Lost Cossack Roads Depuch Island Passage

  • Sinking Grounded on rocks

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Wyndham

  • Port To Fremantle

Museum Reference

  • wreck Eddystone

  • Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected Y

  • Official Number 91942

  • File Number 17/79, 443/71

  • Chart Number AUS 740

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Eddystone
wreck Eddystone
When Lost 1894/09/11
Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 78/08 SS
Where Lost Cossack Roads Depuch Island Passage
Latitude Max -20.6
Longitude Max 117.73
Position Information Chart
Engine 3 cyl. Triple Expansion steam engine, 200hp
TONA 2040.00
TONB 1313.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Stockton-on-Tees
When Built 1886
Port Registered Melbourne, 1983
Official Number 91942
Length 84.70
Beam 11.00
Draft 6.10
Sinking Grounded on rocks
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Wyndham
Port To Fremantle
Cargo Passengers and machinery
Master Captain Harman Strom
Owner Andrew McIIwraith of London
Builder Blair and Company of Stockton-on-Tees (M. Pearse)
File Number 17/79, 443/71
Chart Number AUS 740
Sources West Australian, 16 September 1893, p. 4a, and 28 October 1893, p. 4a Inquirer, 18 May to 22 June 1894 West Australian 23 June to 25 August 1894, etc. I.J. Fields Steam vessels file Sledge, S., 1978, Wreck Inspection, North Coast (WINC) Expedition, 1978. Report Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No.11
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/eddystone