African (Sunset Beach wreck) wreck

Check lats/longs

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Sunderland

  • When Built 1853

  • Length 48.00

  • Beam 10.00

  • Draft 6.50

  • Engine N

  • TONA 780.00

    Map of African (Sunset Beach wreck)
  • When Lost 1863/01/04

  • Where Lost Geraldton, Champion Bay, Sunset Beach

  • Sinking Stranded and wrecked between two reefs, near Chapman River mouth

  • Sunk Code Scuttled

  • Port From Geraldton Champion Bay

  • Port To Fremantle

Museum Reference

  • wreck African (Sunset Beach wreck)

  • Protected Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected Y

  • Official Number 23091

  • File Number 20/79, 117/80

  • Chart Number 332, AUS 81, 1052

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the African (Sunset Beach wreck)
wreck African (Sunset Beach wreck)
When Lost 1863/01/04
Protected Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 1979/10 MMcC
Where Lost Geraldton, Champion Bay, Sunset Beach
Latitude Max -28.725579
Longitude Max 114.619229
Position Information Aerial GIS
Engine N
TONA 780.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Sunderland
When Built 1853
Official Number 23091
Length 48.00
Beam 10.00
Draft 6.50
Sinking Stranded and wrecked between two reefs, near Chapman River mouth
Sunk Code Scuttled
Port From Geraldton Champion Bay
Port To Fremantle
Cargo Wool, ore
Master Captain Gibson
Owner Gibson
File Number 20/79, 117/80
Chart Number 332, AUS 81, 1052
Comments Check lats/longs
Sources McCarthy, M., 1978, Sunset Beach Wreck, (African) Unpublished Wreck Inspection Report, Department of Maritime Archaeology, WA Maritime Museum, No.35. Totty, D., (MAAWA), 1986, Wrecks of Western Australia's Central Mainland Coast, Jurien Bay-Port Gregory, Private Publication & Department Report
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/african-sunset-beach-wreck