ALEX T BROWN 1903-1917
Alex T Brown under sail, photo: unknown
Description
Schooner with 4 masts
Construction
Timber
Size
788 ton length 65.1m beam 12.2m depth 4.4m
Built
1903 Globe Construction Co. Bollard, Washington USA
Owner
Pat Beakely Mill Co., USA also mentioned Skinner Shipping Co of Pudget Sound
Sunk
1917 30 May
Location
2 Miles North of Yanchep above high water line
Latitude/Longitude
(-31.5246, 115.60505)
Sinking
The remains of the Alex T. Brown, a 65 m, 788-ton, four-masted wooden schooner (built 1903 in Washington, USA). She was blown ashore in a gale just before midnight on 29–30 May 1917, soon after leaving Fremantle for Manila. Only two four-masted schooners are known wrecks in Australia, and this is the only USA-built example in Australian waters
Underwater
The site consists of above water line heavy timbers and Keel buried in sand depending on storms and sand movement
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