Oleander wreck

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Sunderland

  • When Built 1861

  • Length 35.70

  • Beam 8.30

  • Draft 5.20

  • Engine N

  • TONA 353.00

  • TONB 342.00

  • When Lost 1884/03/01

  • Where Lost 48 Km off Wedge Island

  • Sinking Leaked and sank

  • Sunk Code Foundered

  • Port From Shark Bay

  • Port To Hamburg

Museum Reference

  • wreck Oleander

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 43921

  • File Number 118/80

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Oleander
wreck Oleander
When Lost 1884/03/01
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost 48 Km off Wedge Island
Engine N
TONA 353.00
TONB 342.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Sunderland
When Built 1861
Port Registered London
Official Number 43921
Length 35.70
Beam 8.30
Draft 5.20
Sinking Leaked and sank
Sunk Code Foundered
Port From Shark Bay
Port To Hamburg
Cargo Guano
Master Captain James Joass
Owner A. Rixen and Company
File Number 118/80
Sources Herald, 1-15 September 1883 Herald, 22 September 1883, p. 2a Inquiry Evidence, 6 March 1884, CSO 1324/1884
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/oleander