Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

HAR4485 - Ship's fittings

Harlequin

Ship's fittings artefact recovered from Harlequin

Ships fittings: shackle, hook, pintle and chink link

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 7

Material Ship's fittings

Museum Reference

Registration Number 4485

ID 53564

Map of shipwreck

Harlequin

Finders: Eric Christiansen, Douglas Timms, Donald Morrisey & Ted Wolfe
Protection: Historic Shipwrecks Act 1976
Significance criteria: 1, 3 & 8

THE VESSEL
The Harlequin was owned by Elder and Co. of Adelaide, departing that port for Singapore on 3 August 1850 under the command of Captain Welsh (or Welch) with a crew of eight, and was to call at Albany and...