Swift wreck
Co-ordinates 1.2 km off
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Country Built TAS
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Port Built Mersey River
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When Built 1883
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Length 25.80
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Beam 6.20
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Draft 2.20
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Engine N
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TONA 73.48
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TONB 74.37
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When Lost 1896/08/31
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Where Lost 1.2Km Metres offshore Twilight Cove
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Sinking Struck rock during voyage
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Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
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Port From Albany
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Port To Eucla
Museum Reference
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wreck Swift
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Protected Federal
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Found N
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Inspected N
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Official Number 79260
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Registration Number 1 of 1896
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File Number 6/86, 102/91
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Confidential NO
Artefact information
| wreck | Swift |
|---|---|
| When Lost | 1896/08/31 |
| Protected | Federal |
| Found | N |
| Inspected | N |
| Where Lost | 1.2Km Metres offshore Twilight Cove |
| Engine | N |
| TONA | 73.48 |
| TONB | 74.37 |
| Country Built | TAS |
| Port Built | Mersey River |
| When Built | 1883 |
| Port Registered | Fremantle |
| Official Number | 79260 |
| Registration Number | 1 of 1896 |
| Length | 25.80 |
| Beam | 6.20 |
| Draft | 2.20 |
| Sinking | Struck rock during voyage |
| Sunk Code | Wrecked and sunk |
| Port From | Albany |
| Port To | Eucla |
| Master | John Cockcroft |
| Owner | J.R. Conolly, Esperance Bay |
| File Number | 6/86, 102/91 |
| Comments | Co-ordinates 1.2 km off |
| Sources | Inquirer, 10 January 1896, p. 8a Register of Ship[s, Fremantle West Australian, 7 March to 24 August 1896 McKenna Collection 680, WA Maritime Museum |
| Confidential | NO |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/swift |