Foxworthy wreck
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Country Built WA
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Port Built Fremantle
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When Built 1910
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Length 11.30
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Beam 3.70
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Draft 1.60
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Engine N
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TONA 12.74
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TONB 15.24
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When Lost 1942/02
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Where Lost Broome
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Sinking Deliberately burnt by a naval demolition party at Broome around the middle of February 1942 for fear that they might be used by an invading Japanese force
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Sunk Code Burnt
Museum Reference
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wreck Foxworthy
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Protected Not protected
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 125032
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Foxworthy |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1942/02 |
| Protected | Not protected |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Broome |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 12.74 |
| TONB | 15.24 |
| Country Built | WA |
| Port Built | Fremantle |
| When Built | 1910 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 125032 |
| Length | 11.30 |
| Beam | 3.70 |
| Draft | 1.60 |
| Sinking | Deliberately burnt by a naval demolition party at Broome around the middle of February 1942 for fear that they might be used by an invading Japanese force |
| Sunk Code | Burnt |
| Owner | G. S. Streeter and A. Male |
| Builder | Murray and Howson, Fremantle |
| Sources | British Register of Shipping for the Port of Fremantle volume 5, folio 59 McKenna Collection 684, WA Maritime Museum Loney, J. 1994 Wrecks on the Western Australian coast including wrecks in Northern Territory waters Lonestone Press Yarram, Victoria National Archives Australia (K1123, MS/108) |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/foxworthy |