BEN LEDI 1868-1879
Description
Iron Sailing Ship
Construction
Iron
Size
1057 tons length 66.4m beam 10.5m draft 6.4m
Built
1868 by Barclay, Curle and Co of Glasgow
Owner
Watson Brothers of Glasgow Master: Captain John Boyd
Sunk
1879/12/16
Location
The Ben Ledi lies just offshore on the east side of Pelsaert Island about 7 km north of Wreck Point.
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.93687, 113.969225)
Sinking
En route from Sydney to Calcutta in Ballast with 24 crew
Underwater
The main site of the wreck of the Ben Ledi is located about 150m off-shore on a shelving reef in 2–6m of water. Some frames and plating show above water.
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