Thistle wreck

Formerly Italian barque Gio Batta Repetto

  • Country Built Italy

  • Port Built Pra

  • When Built 1883

  • Length 63.00

  • Beam 11.20

  • Draft 6.90

  • Engine N

  • TONA 1147.00

  • TONB 1227.00

  • When Lost 1903/05/09

  • Where Lost Between Bunbury and Durban

  • Sinking Left for South Africa and has not been heard of since

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Bunbury

  • Port To Durban, South Africa

Museum Reference

  • wreck Thistle

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 102225

  • Registration Number 8 of 1899

  • Chart Number 1058, 112, 114

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Thistle
wreck Thistle
When Lost 1903/05/09
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Between Bunbury and Durban
Engine N
TONA 1147.00
TONB 1227.00
Country Built Italy
Port Built Pra
When Built 1883
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 102225
Registration Number 8 of 1899
Length 63.00
Beam 11.20
Draft 6.90
Deaths 30
Crew 16
Sinking Left for South Africa and has not been heard of since
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Bunbury
Port To Durban, South Africa
Cargo Timber
Master O. Williams
Owner J. Bateman
Builder La Durante
Chart Number 1058, 112, 114
Comments Formerly Italian barque Gio Batta Repetto
Sources Evening Courier 1903/02/03, p.2; 05/11, p.2 Acc 1076, p.32 Shipping Disasters
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/thistle-1