Fleetwing wreck

Ex 3-masted bargue. Register closed 1913

  • Country Built USA

  • Port Built Medford, Mass.

  • When Built 1854

  • Length 50.00

  • Beam 10.10

  • Draft 6.70

  • Engine N

  • TONA 786.00

  • When Lost 1896/11/22

  • Where Lost Off Cape Legrande near Woody Island

  • Sinking Capsized

  • Sunk Code Foundered

Museum Reference

  • wreck Fleetwing

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 79515

  • File Number 3/79

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Fleetwing
wreck Fleetwing
When Lost 1896/11/22
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Off Cape Legrande near Woody Island
Engine N
TONA 786.00
Country Built USA
Port Built Medford, Mass.
When Built 1854
Port Registered Melbourne
Official Number 79515
Length 50.00
Beam 10.10
Draft 6.70
Sinking Capsized
Sunk Code Foundered
Owner Adelaide SS Co.
File Number 3/79
Comments Ex 3-masted bargue. Register closed 1913
Sources Inquirer, 27 November 1896, p. 9e West Australian, 25 November 1896, p. 5f
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/fleetwing