Leschenault Inlet Unidentified wreck
Site is next to Bunbury Power Boat Club. Timber ID as eucalyptus. Possible schooner or cutter. Possibly Ruby or Fanny. Floyd’s Fanny of 12 tons broke up in 1890 (Southwest Times ‘Shipwrecks of Bunbury’ 8/10/1959)
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Length 14.00
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Beam 4.60
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Where Lost North Shore, Leschenault Inlet Bunbury
Museum Reference
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wreck Leschenault Inlet Unidentified
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Protected Not protected State
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Found Y
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Inspected Y
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Confidential N
Artefact information
| wreck | Leschenault Inlet Unidentified |
|---|---|
| Protected | Not protected State |
| Found | Y |
| Inspected | Y |
| Date Inspected | 1995/12/21 |
| Where Lost | North Shore, Leschenault Inlet Bunbury |
| Latitude Max | -33.32 |
| Longitude Max | 115.64 |
| Position Information | Aerial GIS |
| Length | 14.00 |
| Beam | 4.60 |
| Comments | Site is next to Bunbury Power Boat Club. Timber ID as eucalyptus. Possible schooner or cutter. Possibly Ruby or Fanny. Floyd’s Fanny of 12 tons broke up in 1890 (Southwest Times ‘Shipwrecks of Bunbury’ 8/10/1959) |
| Sources | Buzzacott, P. ‘The wreck Fanny’ August 1999, in MA File 405/71/3. McCarthy, M., March 1996, Leschenault Inlet Unidentified, Wreck Inspection Report No. 107, Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Museum, Fremantle |
| Confidential | N |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/leschenault-inlet-unidentified |