MACEDON 1870-1883
Description
Screw steamer, barque rigged
Construction
Iron, with two 100hp engines
Size
tons 826, length 67.2m, beam 9m, depth 4.7m
Built
1870 in Liverpool, U.K., by W.H. Potter
Owner
John Marshall, Lilly and Robinson
Sunk
21st March 1883
Location
Transit Reef, Thomson Bay
Latitude/Longitude
(-31.98669, 115.55702)
Sinking
Outbound from Fremantle en route to Beagle Bay with members of the Kimberley survey party, Macedon entered Thomson Bay to transfer supplies and a party of officials to a waiting boat. She set sail once more, but ran aground on Transit Reef.
Underwater
Although the hull was sold for salvage, it remains intact amidships to the level of the main deck. Water depth varies from 3 to 6 metres.
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