Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Annie Beaton (1874/01)

Cossack, Butcher Inlet

1862: Built at Blackwall River Tasmania as ANNIE BEATON
Previously registered as No 37 of 1871 at Melbourne
1873 Sep 29: Transferred to Fremantle and reregistered as No 8 of 1873 at Fremantle
to Peter Littlejohn of Fremantle, master mariner
1873 Aug 19: Sold to Peter Littlejohn of Fremantle, master mariner & Farquhar Donald
McRae of Onslow, pearler & George Bickford Fauntleroy of Roebourne, pearler &
Frederick Pearse of Cossack, grazier & McKenzie Grant of De Grey River, stock owner
& Charles Harper of De Grey River, stock owner & Alexander Edwin Anderson of De
Grey River, stock owner
1880 Mar 17: Sold to Farquhar Donald McRae of Onslow, pearler & George Bickford
Fauntleroy of Roebourne, pearler & Frederick Pearse of Cossack, grazier & McKenzie
Grant of De Grey River, stock owner & Charles Harper of De Grey River, stock owner &
Alexander Edwin Anderson of De Grey River, stock owner
1880 Apr 17: Sold to Barrington Clarke Wood of Fremantle, merchant & John Abbott of
Fremantle, master mariner
1880 Sep 20: Registered anew as No 3 of 1880 at Fremantle to Barrington Clarke
Wood of Fremantle, merchant & John Abbott of Fremantle, master mariner
1881 May 10: Certificate of Sale issued empowering John Abbott to sell the ship at
Singapore or any of the Straits settlements or China or Japan for not less than £10
within 12 months
1882 May 10: Certificate of Sale issued empowering John Abbott to sell the ship at
Singapore or Japan or China or any of the Straits settlements for not less than £5 within
12 months
1882 Aug 21: Sold to Alex Griffen at Singapore
'Certificate cancelled and Register closed 16/10/1882'
[British Register of Shipping, Fremantle]
(Gregg et al 2012)

Ship Built

Owner John Abbott

Country Built Tasmania

Port Built Blackwall

Port Registered Fremantle

When Built 1862

Ship Lost

Grouped Region North-West

Sinking Grounded on anchor

When Lost 1874/01

Where Lost Cossack, Butcher Inlet

Port From North West Settlements/Fremantle

Port To Fremantle/North West Settlements

Cargo Shell

Ship Details

Engine N

Length 31.40

Beam 8.20

TONA 85.18

Draft 3.60

Museum Reference

Official Number 32236

Unique Number 1157

Registration Number 8/1873

Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

File Number 443/71

Protected Protected State

Found N

Inspected N

Confidential NO