Monarch wreck
In tow of steamer Colac
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Country Built SA
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Port Built Goolwa
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When Built 1879
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Length 37.50
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Beam 7.90
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Draft 2.40
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Engine N
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TONA 191.20
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When Lost 1897/03/16
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Where Lost Halfway across Great Australian Bight
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Sinking Sprung leak
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Sunk Code Foundered
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Port From Adelaide
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Port To Fremantle
Museum Reference
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wreck Monarch
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 79313
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Monarch |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1897/03/16 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Halfway across Great Australian Bight |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 191.20 |
| Country Built | SA |
| Port Built | Goolwa |
| When Built | 1879 |
| Port Registered | South Australia |
| Official Number | 79313 |
| Length | 37.50 |
| Beam | 7.90 |
| Draft | 2.40 |
| Sinking | Sprung leak |
| Sunk Code | Foundered |
| Port From | Adelaide |
| Port To | Fremantle |
| Master | Captain T.W. Smith of Fremantle |
| Owner | G. and P. G. Johnston of Port Pirie and Goolwa, South Australia |
| Comments | In tow of steamer Colac |
| Sources | West Australian, 23 March 1897, p. 4i |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/monarch |