Myra wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1875

  • Length 19.50

  • Beam 5.20

  • Draft 2.20

  • Engine N

  • TONA 52.00

  • When Lost 1898/01/21

  • Where Lost Reader Head, Cossack

  • Sinking Struck rock

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

Museum Reference

  • wreck Myra

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 72475

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Myra
wreck Myra
When Lost 1898/01/21
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Reader Head, Cossack
Engine N
TONA 52.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1875
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 72475
Length 19.50
Beam 5.20
Draft 2.20
Crew 8
Sinking Struck rock
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Cargo Wool
Master H. Bartlett
Owner D. and Mrs R. McKay (may have been owned by C.W. Paterson at the time of wrecking
Sources West Australian, 2 February 1898, pp. 4g, 5e West Australian, 22 August 1888, p. 2h
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/myra-1