Waratah wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1889

  • Length 10.40

  • Beam 3.10

  • Draft 1.60

  • Engine N

  • TONA 12.30

  • When Lost 1889

  • Where Lost Cape Preston

  • Sunk Code Refloated

  • Port From Fremantle

Museum Reference

  • wreck Waratah

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 101510

  • Registration Number 8 of 1892

  • File Number 3/79, 4/79

  • Chart Number 327

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Waratah
wreck Waratah
When Lost 1889
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Cape Preston
Engine N
TONA 12.30
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1889
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 101510
Registration Number 8 of 1892
Length 10.40
Beam 3.10
Draft 1.60
Deaths All
Sunk Code Refloated
Port From Fremantle
Master Robert Owen
Owner Smith and Clark’s
Builder Chamberlain or Brown
File Number 3/79, 4/79
Chart Number 327
Sources Report, Sgt Kennedy, Roebourne, to Commissioner of Police, 9 March 1889, Police Records 491/1889 Inquirer, 6 March 1889, p 5g Inquirer, 12 April 1889, p 3a West Australian, 23 February 1889, p 2g West Australian, 12 March 1889, p2f Inquire
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/waratah-1-2