Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Kirkcudbrightshire (1934/04/04)

Rottnest Graveyard

Dismantled unshipping or cutting down masts leaving sufficient of foremast as to provide secure fasting for tow lines. The sides of the vessel may be cut down only to ‘tween decks leaving sufficient of forward construction as will satisfactorily secure hawse pipes.

Ship Built

Owner The Fremantle Coal Co. Ltd.

Builder Russell & Co.

Country Built Scotland

Port Built Glasgow

Port Registered Fremantle

When Built 1884

Ship Lost

Gouped Region Metro

Sinking 109 m

When Lost 1934/04/04

Where Lost Rottnest Graveyard

Ship Details

Length 76.30

Beam 11.70

TONA 1482.00

TONB 1582.00

Draft 7.00

Museum Reference

Official Number 89952

Unique Number 1347

Registration Number 3/1922

Sunk Code Scuttled

File Number 445/71

Chart Number 1058/112/114

Protected Protected Federal

Found N

Inspected N

Confidential NO

Sources

SRO CONS 6654 ITEM 1955/729 Wrecks off WA Coast Harbour and Lights Department Fremantle
SRO 3466 Item 1933/047 Hulks
Kircudbrightshire surveyed 16/09/1933 and is in good order. This hulk is in course of being broken up by Hall and is at present lying at No. 5 Wharf. 05/04/1934 Harbour master I beg to report that the hulk Kirkcudbrightshire was sunk in 60 fathoms at 2-15 pm the 04/04/1934 the position being lat 32.03.0S long 115.20.0E