Runnymede wreck

Crew saved and went to Timor

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Sunderland

  • When Built 1866

  • Length 51.70

  • Beam 8.90

  • Draft 5.70

  • Engine Y

  • TONA 640.00

  • When Lost 1878/12/22

  • Where Lost Browse Island

  • Sinking Cyclone

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

Museum Reference

  • wreck Runnymede

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 29999

  • File Number 90/73

  • Chart Number BA 1242

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Runnymede
wreck Runnymede
When Lost 1878/12/22
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Date Inspected 1974/10
Where Lost Browse Island
Engine Y
TONA 640.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Sunderland
When Built 1866
Port Registered Liverpool
Official Number 29999
Length 51.70
Beam 8.90
Draft 5.70
Sinking Cyclone
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Cargo Guano
Master E. Way
Owner J. M. Way
Builder Doxford
File Number 90/73
Chart Number BA 1242
Comments Crew saved and went to Timor
Sources SRO Acc. No. 129 ITEM-27/602 R.W. Vincent to Police Superintendent, Cossack, 14 March 1879, Police Records, Board of Trade Wreck Register, National Maritime Museum, England Lloyds Shipping Register, 1877 Lapwood, M. 2003 Report of Visit to Browse Island 25 August to 28 August 2003, CALM, Broome WA.
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/runnymede