Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Amy (1923)

Butcher Inlet, Cossack

Thompson records that ‘The keel of one of these vessels [lighters], the Amy. is still visible at low tide amongst the mangroves which have overgrown it in recent years. This vessel was wrecked, I understand, at the spot opposite our house long before 1890 and I have no personal knowledge of her previous use as a lighter.’ (Thompson W.A. n.d.: 35)

May be Amy O.N. 61102 32.66 tons No.3 of 1871that went ashore at Dongara and was refloated. It was later owned by John Abbott, George H. Roe and Farquar McRae (all pearlers of Roebourne and Frederick Pearse, trader of Cossack. The registration was cancelled in 1895 (Dickson 1996). If so this vessel was a significant vessel in the history of Cossack and Broome pearl fisheries (Worsley and Totty 2008: 97-98).

Ship Built

Ship Lost

Grouped Region North-West

When Lost 1923

Where Lost Butcher Inlet, Cossack

Ship Details

Museum Reference

Unique Number 1641

Protected Not protected

Found N

Inspected N

Sources

Cossack 1890-1900: Reminiscences of Mr W.A. Thompson, in ‘A history of Cossack’ , n.d. Compiled by the Roebourne Youth Club, United Commercial Services, Geraldton.

Dickson, R. 1996. Ships registered in WA 1856-1963. Report-Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Maritime Museum-No. 80, Fremantle.

Worsley, P. & J. & Totty, D., 2008. A windswept coast:WA’s maritime heritage between the Moore River and the Zuytdorp Cliffs, Australian National Centre for Excellence in Maritime Archaeology, Special Publication No.11, Fremantle: 97-98.