Osprey wreck
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Country Built NSW
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Port Built Balmain
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When Built 1882
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Length 15.70
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Beam 4.30
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Draft 1.90
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Engine N
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TONA 23.00
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When Lost 1887/04/22
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Where Lost Six miles west of pearling grounds
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Sinking Cyclone
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Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
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Port To Off North West Coast
Museum Reference
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wreck Osprey
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 83723
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Registration Number 11/1882
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File Number 4/79
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Chart Number 327
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Osprey |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1887/04/22 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Six miles west of pearling grounds |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 23.00 |
| Country Built | NSW |
| Port Built | Balmain |
| When Built | 1882 |
| Port Registered | Sydney |
| Official Number | 83723 |
| Registration Number | 11/1882 |
| Length | 15.70 |
| Beam | 4.30 |
| Draft | 1.90 |
| Deaths | Y |
| Sinking | Cyclone |
| Sunk Code | Wrecked and sunk |
| Port To | Off North West Coast |
| Cargo | Pearl. shell |
| Master | Captain John Alexander Graves |
| Owner | Thomas Littlejohn (or Scott, Henderson & Co?) |
| Builder | Ephraim Ward |
| File Number | 4/79 |
| Chart Number | 327 |
| Sources | West Australian, 29 April 1887, pp. 2f, 3a, b CSO 3841/1887 |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/osprey |