Gunga wreck

Converted into a hul, former Steamship

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Hull

  • When Built 1864 (1865)

  • Length 78.00

  • Beam 10.00

  • Engine N

  • TONA 1257.00

  • TONB 798.00

  • When Lost 1920 (?)

  • Where Lost On the beach near Fremantle

  • Sinking scuttled probably in Rottnest graveyard

  • Sunk Code Abandoned

Museum Reference

  • wreck Gunga

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 51415

  • File Number 10/78

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Gunga
wreck Gunga
When Lost 1920 (?)
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost On the beach near Fremantle
Engine N
TONA 1257.00
TONB 798.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Hull
When Built 1864 (1865)
Official Number 51415
Length 78.00
Beam 10.00
Sinking scuttled probably in Rottnest graveyard
Sunk Code Abandoned
Builder C. & W. Earle & Co., Hull
File Number 10/78
Comments Converted into a hul, former Steamship
Sources SRO 3466 Item 1907/046 Hulks Gunga 30/08/1907 in deplorable condition at Careening Bay Dickson, Gregory, Australian Steamships Past and Present (photo of painting) I.J. Field, Steam Vessel File
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/gunga