Wreck of Geffrard
Australia
- Position
- About 33.6° S, 115.2° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect an archaeological site
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
Lost in 1875, 151 years ago: underwater cultural heritage.
Legal basis: UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001).
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 80%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
Geffrard was a 321-tons-burden British brig that traded between Australia, Mauritius, and Shanghai, and was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia on 13 June 1875. She was built in 1853 by Fred Clark in Jersey in the Channel Islands. By 1873 she had made her way to Melbourne and was owned by Fred Davis and under the control of Captain William James Munday. Her movements after that were generally around the southern coasts of Australia, from Geraldton in the west to Sydney in the east, laden with a variety of general cargo. On 21 May 1875 she was loading timber at Quindalup, bound for Adelaide. This voyage was completed without event, and she returned to Fremantle; but three weeks later, bound on the same journey, mooring in the same place led to disaster.
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