Miss or Hit wreck

  • Country Built NSW

  • Port Built Sydney

  • When Built 1875

  • Length 9.70

  • Beam 3.00

  • Draft 1.10

  • Engine N

  • TONA 6.00

  • When Lost 1893/11/01

  • Where Lost Port Hedland, around Turtle Island

  • Sinking Run onto Barrier Reef, leaked and sunk

  • Sunk Code Foundered

  • Port To Pearling Grounds

Museum Reference

  • wreck Miss or Hit

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 73289

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Miss or Hit
wreck Miss or Hit
When Lost 1893/11/01
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Port Hedland, around Turtle Island
Engine N
TONA 6.00
Country Built NSW
Port Built Sydney
When Built 1875
Port Registered Sydney
Official Number 73289
Length 9.70
Beam 3.00
Draft 1.10
Sinking Run onto Barrier Reef, leaked and sunk
Sunk Code Foundered
Port To Pearling Grounds
Owner Carl Johan Carlson
Sources West Australian, 25 November 1893, p. 3a
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/miss-or-hit