Lancier (1839/08/25)
Stragglers-Mewstone
WA Journal states 28 September
Captain attempted passage in without a pilot. Vessel sank by the stern, rendering the 1946 account by Goldsmith that a Captain Dempster had lost a chest of specie has it was passed out of the stern windows to his boat fictitious. Many post-war expeditions to locate the wreck and its lost gold resulted.
Ship Built
Owner Mr Salome Hypolite Giguel
Master Captain Durocher
Builder Messrs. Crook and Naz, Mahe
Country Built Seychelles
Port Registered Port Louis
When Built 1834
Ship Lost
Gouped Region Metro
Sinking In storm
When Lost 1839/08/25
Where Lost Stragglers-Mewstone
Latitude -32.0798416667
Longitude 115.633525
Position Information GPS
Port From Mauritius /Port Louis
Port To Hobart
Cargo General
Ship Details
Engine N
Length 29.60
Beam 7.30
TONA 285.00
Museum Reference
Official Number No. 19
Unique Number 1329
Registration Number 19/1835
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
File Number 2009/0149/SG _MA-449/71
Chart Number AUS 117, 1058
Protected Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 1994
Confidential NO