Empress (1894/01/09)
Cossack, Butcher Inlet
1889: Built at Fremantle
1890 Feb 21: First registered as No 3 of 1890 at Fremantle to North West Australian Mercantile Co, Roebourne
'Register closed 19/8/1986 by virtue of Section 92 (4) of the Shipping Registration Act 1981 - no trace of vessel or owner found.
[Note in pencil: Sub-Collector of Customs at Cossack reports on 16/6/1913 vessel still engaged out of Cossack and NW coast on pearling]'
[British Register of Shipping, Fremantle] (Gregg et al 2012)
in 1890 the Empress was registered to Anderson of the North West Australian Mercantile Co., Roebourne., though the Inquirer of 8 January 1890 p5c records the owners as Chi and Company (Cairns and Henderson 1995: 153).
Ship Built
Owner Anderson, North West Australian Mercantile Co., Roebourne. Chi and Company
Builder Robert Howson
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
Port Registered Fremantle
When Built 1889
Ship Lost
Grouped Region North-West
Sinking During a cyclone
Deaths 2
When Lost 1894/01/09
Where Lost Cossack, Butcher Inlet
Cargo Pearl shell
Ship Details
Engine N
Length 11.30
Beam 3.40
TONA 13.00
Draft 1.50
Museum Reference
Official Number 95366
Unique Number 689
Registration Number No. 3 of 1890
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
File Number 116/80
Protected Protected State
Found N
Inspected N
Confidential NO