Whynot wreck

Co-ordinates 5' box

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Broome

  • When Built 1903

  • Length 11.10

  • Beam 3.50

  • Draft 1.60

  • Engine N

  • TONA 12.00

  • TONB 14.50

  • When Lost 1920/03/27

  • Where Lost Cape Frezier, Broome

  • Sinking Mainsail gibbed to blow out

  • Sunk Code Foundered

Museum Reference

  • wreck Whynot

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 118538

  • File Number 3/79

  • Chart Number 1048

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Whynot
wreck Whynot
When Lost 1920/03/27
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Cape Frezier, Broome
Engine N
TONA 12.00
TONB 14.50
Country Built WA
Port Built Broome
When Built 1903
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 118538
Length 11.10
Beam 3.50
Draft 1.60
Crew 8
Sinking Mainsail gibbed to blow out
Sunk Code Foundered
Cargo Pearlshell
Master J. Saunders
Owner E.W. Lepoigneur, Broome
Builder H. Yamashita
File Number 3/79
Chart Number 1048
Comments Co-ordinates 5' box
Sources HMC 137/4 McKenna Collection 683, WA Maritime Museum
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/whynot