Laughing Wave wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1868

  • Length 34.50

  • Beam 7.10

  • Draft 3.60

  • Engine N

  • TONA 161.60

  • When Lost 1903/08/29

  • Where Lost Bunbury, Koombana Bay

  • Sinking Gale

  • Sunk Code Foundered

  • Port From Fremantle

  • Port To Bunbury

Museum Reference

  • wreck Laughing Wave

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 61085

  • Registration Number 5/1868

  • File Number 405/71

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Laughing Wave
wreck Laughing Wave
When Lost 1903/08/29
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Bunbury, Koombana Bay
Engine N
TONA 161.60
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1868
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 61085
Registration Number 5/1868
Length 34.50
Beam 7.10
Draft 3.60
Crew 6
Sinking Gale
Sunk Code Foundered
Port From Fremantle
Port To Bunbury
Owner John Bateman & Walter Bateman, Fremantle
File Number 405/71
Sources West Australian 1903/08/31, p. 4i and 09/05, p.6a McCarthy, M., Koombanah Bay Wrecks : an investigation of the wrecks in the bay for the State Energy Commission of WA. Report, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime M
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/laughing-wave