Wild Wave ( China ) wreck

  • Country Built Denmark

  • Port Built Abenraa

  • When Built 1858

  • Length 31.40

  • Beam 7.40

  • Draft 3.90

  • Engine N

  • TONA 180.00

  • When Lost 1873/08/30

  • Where Lost Monte Bello Island

  • Sinking Struck a reef and at once filled with water

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From Fremantle

  • Port To Singapore

Museum Reference

  • wreck Wild Wave ( China )

  • Protected Federal

  • Found N

  • Inspected N

  • Official Number 43302

  • File Number 3/79, 439/71

  • Chart Number 328

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Wild Wave ( China )
wreck Wild Wave ( China )
When Lost 1873/08/30
Protected Federal
Found N
Inspected N
Where Lost Monte Bello Island
Engine N
TONA 180.00
Country Built Denmark
Port Built Abenraa
When Built 1858
Official Number 43302
Length 31.40
Beam 7.40
Draft 3.90
Crew 16
Sinking Struck a reef and at once filled with water
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From Fremantle
Port To Singapore
Cargo Sandelwood
Master Edward Fothergill
Owner George Howlett
Builder Peter Lund
File Number 3/79, 439/71
Chart Number 328
Sources George Howlett to John Absolon, 1 May 1872, Habgood Papers, 813A, Battye Library Captain Edward Fothergill, evidence at the Inquiry held at Cossack, 18 October 1873, C.S.R. 736, fol. 128 Inquirer, 29 October 1873
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/wild-wave-china