Wild Wave wreck

  • Country Built WA

  • Port Built Fremantle

  • When Built 1858

  • Length 15.40

  • Beam 4.60

  • Draft 2.00

  • Engine N

  • TONA 28.00

  • When Lost 1875/12/24

  • Where Lost Exmouth Gulf

  • Sinking Cyclone

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Exmouth

  • Port To Fishing ground

Museum Reference

  • wreck Wild Wave

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 40482

  • Registration Number 1/1858

  • File Number 152/72

  • Chart Number A 744

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Wild Wave
wreck Wild Wave
When Lost 1875/12/24
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Exmouth Gulf
Engine N
TONA 28.00
Country Built WA
Port Built Fremantle
When Built 1858
Port Registered Fremantle
Official Number 40482
Registration Number 1/1858
Length 15.40
Beam 4.60
Draft 2.00
Deaths 32
Crew 46
Sinking Cyclone
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Exmouth
Port To Fishing ground
Cargo Shell
Master Watson
Owner Aubrey Brown and Charles Gill
File Number 152/72
Chart Number A 744
Sources Herlad, 29 January 1876
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/wild-wave-1