HADDA (1860-1887)
German Barque Malvina 1860
Description
3 masted Sailing Barque
Construction
Timber
Size
334 tons
Built
1860 Sundahaven, Germany
Owner
William Johnston, Newcastle, NSW Master: Captain John Lewis Parker
Sunk
1877/04/03
Location
Off Beacon Island, Abrolhos Islands
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.472267, 113.792417)
Sinking
En route from Lacepedes to Fremantle with 11 crew, in ballast. Wrecked and sunk by a strong current pulling it off course.
Underwater
The wreck covers an area of about 40m x 19m and includes a substantial amount of the hull, the keel, iron hanging knees, deadeyes, a chain plate and the port hawse pipe. The wreck lies in a gully at the edge of a coral reef in depths ranging from 2m to 5m.