Favourite wreck

One of the found wrecks in Port Gregory might be the Favourite

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Bunbury

  • When Built 1856

  • Length 20.30

  • Beam 5.80

  • Draft 2.30

  • Engine N

  • TONA 46.00

  • When Lost 1867/11/24

  • Where Lost Gold Digger Passage, Port Gregory

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Port Gregory

Museum Reference

  • wreck Favourite

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 40468

  • Registration Number 1/1856

  • File Number 9/83, 117/80

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Favourite
wreck Favourite
When Lost 1867/11/24
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Gold Digger Passage, Port Gregory
Engine N
TONA 46.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Bunbury
When Built 1856
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 40468
Registration Number 1/1856
Length 20.30
Beam 5.80
Draft 2.30
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Port Gregory
Cargo Guano
Master Captain Lakey (Labey)
Owner Bateman
File Number 9/83, 117/80
Comments One of the found wrecks in Port Gregory might be the Favourite
Sources SRO ACC 129 File11/425 Police Dept Geraldton Helen Summerville, 'Port Gregory', Early Days, 6: 8 (1969), p. 78
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/favourite-1