Gemma wreck

Use to be brig, previously known as the H. Beenke owned C. Bethell & Co reg London renamed c1885

  • Country Built Germany

  • Port Built Elsfleth

  • When Built 1868

  • Length 36.70

  • Beam 8.10

  • Draft 4.10

  • Engine N

  • TONA 306.00

  • TONB 267.00

    Map of Gemma
  • When Lost 1893/08/15

  • Sinking Beached, stripped and abandoned

  • Sunk Code Scuttled

Museum Reference

  • wreck Gemma

  • Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 91856

  • File Number 10/78

  • Chart Number 117

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Gemma
wreck Gemma
When Lost 1893/08/15
Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected N
Latitude Max -32.15
Longitude Max 115.77
Position Information Historical Aerial Photograph
Engine N
TONA 306.00
TONB 267.00
Country Built Germany
Port Built Elsfleth
When Built 1868
Official Number 91856
Length 36.70
Beam 8.10
Draft 4.10
Sinking Beached, stripped and abandoned
Sunk Code Scuttled
Cargo No Cargo
Owner The Adelaide Steamship Company Limited
File Number 10/78
Chart Number 117
Comments Use to be brig, previously known as the H. Beenke owned C. Bethell & Co reg London renamed c1885
Sources Inquirer, 13 October 1886, p. 3d Fremantle Harbour-master's Journal, vol. 51, 28 September to 31 October 1886 Inquirer, 13 October 1886, p. 3d Inquirer, 20 October 1886, p. 3h Inquirer, 8 May 1891, p. 4b McCarthy, M., 1983, Shipwrecks in Jervoise Bay. Records WA Museum, 10: 335-372
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/gemma