Rosette wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1874

  • Length 21.50

  • Beam 5.50

  • Draft 2.40

  • Engine N

  • TONA 67.00

  • When Lost 1879/01/25

  • Where Lost Rosemary Island

  • Sinking Cyclone

  • Sunk Code Foundered

  • Port From Fremantle

  • Port To Port Walcott

Museum Reference

  • wreck Rosette

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 61117

  • File Number 4/79

  • Chart Number 327

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Rosette
wreck Rosette
When Lost 1879/01/25
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Rosemary Island
Engine N
TONA 67.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1874
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 61117
Length 21.50
Beam 5.50
Draft 2.40
Deaths 19
Crew 6
Sinking Cyclone
Sunk Code Foundered
Port From Fremantle
Port To Port Walcott
Cargo General
Master Captain Vincent
Owner William Dalgety Moore
File Number 4/79
Chart Number 327
Sources SRO ACC430 File 27/704 Police Dept Roebourne Rockauseen 18 April 1879 R.W. Vincent (Roebourne, 7 April 1879) to Police Superintendent, Police Records, Acc. No. 129, Battye Library C.S.O. File 927/1879, fol. 2 Exploration Diaries, Vol. 4, pp. 280-1, Battye Library
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/rosette