ELIZABETH 1830-1839
Typical Barque with full sails
Description
Sailing Ship Barque
Construction
Timber
Size
194 ton length 23.5m beam 7.7m depth 1.8m
Built
1830 Singapore
Owner
Joseph Hickey Grose
Sunk
1839/09/22
Location
North Metropolitan Cottesloe at the foot of Warton Street
Latitude/Longitude
(-32.01011667, 115.751233)
Sinking
Sailing from Manila to Sydney with Captain Garrett with cargo of general and 2 passengers and a crew of 15. She was driven ashore in a gale
Underwater
Normally buried in sand. Wreckage is visible between the shore and an outlying reef. A cannon, one of a number on board remains at the SW corner of the reef. Others were recovered in the 1960s.