Sea Spray wreck
Largest of the Colony's pearling vessels
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Country Built WA
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Port Built Fremantle
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When Built 1862
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Length 15.20
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Beam 4.60
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Draft 2.10
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Engine N
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TONA 31.00
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When Lost 1873/02/03
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Where Lost Off Roebourne
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Sinking Struck upon a bank
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Sunk Code Foundered
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Port From Flying Foam
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Port To Condon
Museum Reference
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wreck Sea Spray
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 36546
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Sea Spray |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1873/02/03 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | Off Roebourne |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 31.00 |
| Country Built | WA |
| Port Built | Fremantle |
| When Built | 1862 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 36546 |
| Length | 15.20 |
| Beam | 4.60 |
| Draft | 2.10 |
| Deaths | 28 |
| Crew | 28 |
| Sinking | Struck upon a bank |
| Sunk Code | Foundered |
| Port From | Flying Foam |
| Port To | Condon |
| Cargo | Sheep |
| Owner | John Shea |
| Comments | Largest of the Colony's pearling vessels |
| Sources | SRO 129 ITEM-19/368 Herald, 10 May 1873 Charles Hanson, statement made at Flying Foam Passage on 4 April 1873, C.S.R. 752, fol. 79 |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/sea-spray-1 |