Midas wreck
Explosives were used to break up the wreck Co-ordinates 20' off
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Country Built USA
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Port Built Farmingdale
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When Built 1865
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Engine N
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TONA 555.00
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When Lost 1872/03/10
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Where Lost Bunbury
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Sinking Stranded
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Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
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Port From Dunedin
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Port To Bunbury
Museum Reference
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wreck Midas
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Protected Federal
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Found Y
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Inspected N
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Official Number 33205
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File Number 405/71
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Midas |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1872/03/10 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | Y |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Bunbury |
| Latitude Max | -33.32 |
| Longitude Max | 115.64 |
| Position Information | On Historical map |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 555.00 |
| Country Built | USA |
| Port Built | Farmingdale |
| When Built | 1865 |
| Official Number | 33205 |
| Sinking | Stranded |
| Sunk Code | Wrecked and sunk |
| Port From | Dunedin |
| Port To | Bunbury |
| Cargo | Piles |
| Master | Captain Cumming |
| Owner | Charles Clark, of Dunedin |
| Builder | Duncan |
| File Number | 405/71 |
| Comments | Explosives were used to break up the wreck Co-ordinates 20' off |
| Sources | Minutes of Court of Inquiry regarding the Stranding of the Bargue Midas on 10 March 1872, C.S.R. 727, fol. 30 Herald, 28 March 1874 Western Australian Times, 11 August 1876 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 Museum, No.20 Map |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/midas |