Rover wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1872

  • Length 12.50

  • Beam 4.10

  • Draft 1.50

  • Engine N

  • TONA 14.00

  • When Lost 1885/01/12

  • Where Lost Off Point Torment, King Sound

  • Sinking Foundered at anchor

  • Sunk Code Foundered

  • Port From Derby

  • Port To Point Torment

Museum Reference

  • wreck Rover

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 61109

  • File Number 119/80

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Rover
wreck Rover
When Lost 1885/01/12
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Off Point Torment, King Sound
Engine N
TONA 14.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1872
Official Number 61109
Length 12.50
Beam 4.10
Draft 1.50
Deaths 2
Sinking Foundered at anchor
Sunk Code Foundered
Port From Derby
Port To Point Torment
Master Holmes
File Number 119/80
Sources Govt. Res., Kimberley, to Col. Sec., 17 January 1885, CSO 962/1885 Govt. Res., Kimberley, to Col. Sec., 24 January 1885, CSO 962/1885
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/rover