Centaur 1874
Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | Centaur | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1874 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | ship, shipwreck | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | Australia | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Sea / ocean | Geographe Bay | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | Australia | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 4 km from land |
| Position | -31.8638, 115.7111 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
Centaur was a 188-ton iron brig built in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1849.
Centaur sank after striking the southern section of Marmion Reef on 9 December 1874 while travelling from Champion Bay to Fremantle. All nine crew and four passengers, including noted politician and lawyer Septimus Burt, survived. The 30-metre (98 ft) brig was carrying 200 tonnes (450 thousand pounds) of galena when she struck the reef, about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) offshore.
The reef is now named Centaur Reef, and is part of Marmion Marine Park north of Perth, Western Australia.
Location
- Recorded position: -31.8638, 115.7111 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Geographe Bay
- Nearest coast: Australia
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Centaur (1849 ship) (revision 1271899386), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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