Agincourt wreck

reward: $100 State 1977

  • Country Built UK

  • Port Built Sunderland

  • When Built 1863

  • Length 40.20

  • Beam 8.70

  • Draft 5.50

  • Engine N

  • TONA 443.00

    Map of Agincourt
  • When Lost 1882/04/19

  • Where Lost Hamelin Bay

  • Sinking While at anchor

  • Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk

  • Port From At anchor, Hamelin Bay

  • Port To At anchor, Hamelin Bay

Museum Reference

  • wreck Agincourt

  • Protected Protected Federal

  • Found Y

  • Inspected Y

  • Official Number 45596

  • File Number 356/77, 196/75

  • Chart Number AUS 116

  • Confidential NO

Artefact information

Full information about the Agincourt
wreck Agincourt
When Lost 1882/04/19
Protected Protected Federal
Found Y
Inspected Y
Date Inspected 1997/12 MMcC; 1991/05, MAAWA 2002/02
Where Lost Hamelin Bay
Latitude Max -34.214568
Longitude Max 115.03366
Position Information GPS DoLA Aerial 2004/3/31
Engine N
TONA 443.00
Country Built UK
Port Built Sunderland
When Built 1863
Port Registered Adelaide
Official Number 45596
Length 40.20
Beam 8.70
Draft 5.50
Deaths 1
Sinking While at anchor
Sunk Code Wrecked and sunk
Port From At anchor, Hamelin Bay
Port To At anchor, Hamelin Bay
Cargo Timber
Master Captain Henry Patching
Owner J.T. Russell, J. McGeorge and W.L. Dickson
File Number 356/77, 196/75
Chart Number AUS 116
Comments reward: $100 State 1977
Sources SRO 129 ITEM-32/596 Police Department Vasse 10/5/1882 Inquiry evidence, 6 May 1882, CSO 1455, fol. 64 Sledge, S., 1977, Unpublished Wreck Inspection Report, Department of Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum, No.28. Clarke, M., 1986, Hamelin Bay Expedition. MAAWA Special Report.
Confidential NO
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/agincourt