Goolwa wreck

Steamer ran out of fuel

  • Country Built Scotland

  • Port Built Glasgow

  • When Built 1878

  • Engine Steam hopper-barge

  • TONA 132.00

  • When Lost 1878/12

  • Where Lost Port Gregory

  • Sunk Code Refloated

  • Port From Glasgow

  • Port To Port Adelaide

Museum Reference

  • wreck Goolwa

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 79619

  • File Number 117/80

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Goolwa
wreck Goolwa
When Lost 1878/12
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Port Gregory
Engine Steam hopper-barge
TONA 132.00
Country Built Scotland
Port Built Glasgow
When Built 1878
Official Number 79619
Crew 20
Sunk Code Refloated
Port From Glasgow
Port To Port Adelaide
Cargo No Cargo
Master Captain Finch
Owner South Australian goverment
File Number 117/80
Comments Steamer ran out of fuel
Sources Inquirer, 1 January 1879 Notes on the Dredger Wallaroo and the Hopper Barges Kadina and SS Goolwa, imported by the South Australian Goverment in 1879, Acc. No. SAA/RN88. Libraries Board of South Australia
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/goolwa