Emma wreck

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Lowestoft, Suffolk

  • When Built 1859

  • Length 26.10

  • Beam 6.20

  • Draft 3.40

  • Engine N

  • TONA 116.00

    Map of Emma
  • When Lost 1867/03

  • Where Lost Coral Bay

  • Sunk Code Unknown

  • Port From Cossack

  • Port To Fremantle

Museum Reference

  • wreck Emma

  • Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected Y

  • Official Number 25291

  • File Number 3/79, 209/80

  • Chart Number AUS 72

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Emma
wreck Emma
When Lost 1867/03
Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 1992/09 JNG
Where Lost Coral Bay
Latitude Max -23.08
Longitude Max 113.73
Position Information GPS
Engine N
TONA 116.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Lowestoft, Suffolk
When Built 1859
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 25291
Length 26.10
Beam 6.20
Draft 3.40
Deaths 42
Crew 8
Sunk Code Unknown
Port From Cossack
Port To Fremantle
Cargo Wool, pearl, passengers
Master Captain Badcock
Owner Walter Padbury
File Number 3/79, 209/80
Chart Number AUS 72
Sources McCarthy, M., 1988, Coral Bay, Unidentified (believed to be Emma), Unpublished Wreck Inspection R eport, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No.89. Green, Jeremy, comp 1992, The Coral Bay to Exmouth wreck inspection trip 5 - 13 September 1992.Jeremy Green, Pat Baker, Colin Powell and Jon Carpenter. Report - Department of Maritime Archaeology Western Australian Maritime Museum, No.60
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/emma-1-2