Rockingham wreck
32°01 – 115°42 Vessel went in 1831 aground at Careening Bay, Garden Island. Measurements as per Ross Shardlow: Length: 109ft 11in Breadth: 29ft 7in Depth of hold: 20' 10 1/2in
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Country Built UK
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Port Built Sunderland
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When Built 1818
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Length 33.50
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Beam 9.00
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Draft 5.50
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Engine N
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TONA 427.00
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When Lost 1830/05/22
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Where Lost Clarence
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Sunk Code Foundered
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Port From London
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Port To Swan River
Museum Reference
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wreck Rockingham
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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File Number 23/80
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Rockingham |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1830/05/22 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Clarence |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 427.00 |
| Country Built | UK |
| Port Built | Sunderland |
| When Built | 1818 |
| Length | 33.50 |
| Beam | 9.00 |
| Draft | 5.50 |
| Crew | 25 |
| Sunk Code | Foundered |
| Port From | London |
| Port To | Swan River |
| Cargo | General |
| Master | Captain Hulliburton |
| Owner | Thomas Peel, later Captain Willet |
| File Number | 23/80 |
| Comments | 32°01 – 115°42 Vessel went in 1831 aground at Careening Bay, Garden Island. Measurements as per Ross Shardlow: Length: 109ft 11in Breadth: 29ft 7in Depth of hold: 20' 10 1/2in |
| Sources | Shipping Report, 14 May 1830, C.S.O. 6, fol. 141 Diary of J.E. Currie (329A, Battye) A. Hasluck, Thomas Peel of Swan River (Melbourne, 1965) Graeme Henderson, Unfinished Voyages, 1622-1850 |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/rockingham |